Anderson Silva Quotes
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Definitely I feel my kids played a big role in why I was so successful in fighting.
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Fighting, for me, is like skydiving without the parachute.
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I'm an athlete who took the sport to another level. I don't get or ever got the respect from people.
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Where I grew up, most people were policemen. So naturally, I also wanted to be a policeman.
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For a long time, I have waited for the opportunity to fight Mr. Roy Jones. This is my personal goal and dream.
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I give my heart for this sport. I give my leg for this sport. I give my time for my family for this sport.
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A lot of people thought I was gay.
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Life is about how much you can take and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward.
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I always have to be me.
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The only problem with Pride was guys would try to slip through the ropes to escape. But other than that, I love Pride rules.
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What motivates me is to be able to do what I love to do, which is to fight.
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I'm not scared of Jon Jones or Chris Weidman or whoever. I'm here to fight. That's it. It's simple.
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Sometimes people think I'm gay. A lot of people have asked me if I'm gay. I answer, 'Look, not to my knowledge. But I'm still young, it could be that in the future, I'll find out that I'm gay.'
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In my camp, we have Minotoro Noguiera and Lyoto Machida.
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Being a black belt from the Nogueira brothers, I have the obligation to always defend myself well on the ground.
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It's not my character to up and challenge anyone.
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Nowadays, it's so silly to not express your feelings, as long as you respect peoples' spaces and respect their limits. You have to live your life in peace, and no one has anything to do with that.
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Roy Jones and Muhammad Ali are the inspiration for my style of fighting.
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When I started training martial arts, I learned about respect.
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I think I've been through all the phases of the sport. I won, I lost, I got injured. Now I get to do what I love, with my truth, without worrying about what people will say or things like that.
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I respect all the fighters. I respect Georges St-Pierre because Georges has a great story in the UFC. I respect all the fighters in here because this is the biggest sport in the world.
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I love to fight. I love the preparation. I love to learn new things, always overcoming myself.
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The moment when I broke my leg, when I realized my leg was broken, I thought my career was over.
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Nick Diaz is a guy who walks forward, has great boxing skills.