Chuck Liddell Quotes
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We run on the beach some days, and others, we run hills behind the gym. We also do several hours of grappling each week as mixed with some intense cardio in the ring.
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You have to learn your own details before you can teach them.
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I tell the guys all the time, 'if you have a good puncher, all the way in or all the way out.' Don't stay there and box.
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I don't read a lot of MMA news. I try to stay out of it.
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That's one of the reasons I retired. To stick around, the way I was fighting, I would have to start playing it safe. I went out on my shield. That's the way I liked it. I fought that way my whole career. I don't want to bore people my last three or four fights.
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It's one of those things: I'm never gonna get over not fighting, I don't think, but I'm content with my decision to retire.
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I try to stay in shape and am always consistently working out.
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You can't pick and choose who's going to win or who's gonna mess up.
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I have a great time with the kids. I'm always happy when they're around.
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I have had people that I was doing some promotion stuff with go, 'You know, we had an idea. We should have, like, a legends fight.' It's always that. That conversation always comes up when we're talking about doing some promotion for a company or helping them promote their league.
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I tried in my career to be really good to fans.
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Mixed martial arts is great, and it's here to stay.
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Some guys are gym fighters, some guys are better in the ring.
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I think the reasons I retired stay the same. I don't want to change my style. I can't take a punch like I used to for whatever reason. I've heard all sorts of theories as to why that would happen, but I can't do it.
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When it comes to damage, boxing will cause more damage than MMA ever will.
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My first contract I was offered by the UFC, or my second contract, it was 1-and-1, 2-and-2, 3-and-3. That's $12,000 for the year. Don't complain to me about fighter pay. It was $12,000 for a year, and it was exclusive.
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I like aggressive fighters who will come after me.
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I'm one of those guys: I'm out there trying to punch you out and to hurt you, but as soon as I'm done, hopefully there's nothing wrong with you; I'm hoping that you're okay.
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Mountain Dew was my favorite drink through college; it kept me up studying for a lot of tests.
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I'm probably not going to be popular with the fighters with this one, but my biggest problem is guys playing it safe. I understand it from a coach's standpoint and a manager's standpoint. I understand why you'd want to play it safe and want to win the fight, win every fight. I get it.
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If I weren't fighting, I'd be in the business world.
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It's hard for me to fake smile. I personally think I look stupid fake smiling.
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'Dancing with the Stars' was hard work. It was interesting and fun, too, but it was hard work.
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A lot of people are blowing Shogun's fight with Mark Coleman out of proportion. He was coming off an injury, and he gassed early on in his first fight back.