Anderson Silva Quotes
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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'm a natural born fighter, so this is what I do, and it's normal. It's natural. It's what I've always done as a martial artist, and as a martial artist, it's what I always wanted to do - test myself and always fighting. It's what I'm meant to do.
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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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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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What motivates me is to be able to do what I love to do, which is to fight.
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Not only in the Octagon, but also in life, sometimes I have to take two steps back to take one step forward.
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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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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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In my camp, we have Minotoro Noguiera and Lyoto Machida.
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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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Being a black belt from the Nogueira brothers, I have the obligation to always defend myself well on the ground.
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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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I always have to be me.
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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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A lot of people thought I was gay.
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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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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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Nick Diaz is a guy who walks forward, has great boxing skills.
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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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It's not my character to up and challenge anyone.
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Basically, sometimes a reporter will ask a question, and I feel the answers only matter when the questions are relevant.
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Unfortunately, the reporters ask the same questions over and over again. When reporters keep asking the same questions, they've got to recognize I may hear these questions 20 to 30 times in a matter of days. It gets to the point where I think, 'Read the other interviews!'
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The moment when I broke my leg, when I realized my leg was broken, I thought my career was over.