Forrest Griffin

Athlete

100 Quotes

I don't think you should punish a guy for losing when they were hurt.

It was weird, I saw the Brian Stann vs. Wanderlei fight, I thought, if I don't have another of those in me, there's no point in continuing. I never really cared about winning or losing, then don't put the product out there at all if it's going to be subpar.

You talk to people, and they don't understand our water. They come and turn on a tap and drink clean water, and to them, that's amazing. Millions of people around the world have to carry water miles and miles, and that's all they have. It's hard for fat Americans like myself to even understand that.

You can't cuss on TV. It does hurt your brand if you do stuff like that. That's not what blue chip sponsors are looking for.

It was so fun, 2006, 2007, 2008. I went into the gym and I felt like I was winning in the gym, which is important for an athlete.

I'm kind of a grinder.

If it were up to me, I'd be fighting chumps.

I think anyplace people can be themselves is a good thing.

When I know that I trained real hard and I had a good training camp, that's when I'm very confident. But sometimes I don't train hard and I don't feel that confident.

Every injury is specific to what has happened, but the advice that I will give is that if you have a lower body injury, to work your upper body out. If you have an upper body injury, work your lower body out. Again, move what is not broken and you will definitely feel better.

I'm pretty careful not to make friends with other guys who fight at 205.

I do actually enjoy the process of putting my thoughts down on paper and having people actually read them.

You get away from something long enough, you miss it. You get hungry for it.

There are two things I want to be able to know when I walk into a fight, or with anything in life. And I'm not Superman, I'm not even that great at fighting. Those two things are: I have done everything in my power to prepare for this and I will not quit, no matter what.

The UFC actually does a lot of charity stuff, but they don't talk about it that much.

I thought wrestling was the stuff where people jumped off ropes. So that was my experience with wrestling.

I hate when someone gets the better of me. A Division 1 wrestler comes in and takes me down and I get frustrated.

Anyone can get beaten in mixed martial arts. It's the nature of the sport.

I live the perfect life.

Here's the deal: the extraordinary becomes ordinary really quickly. One minute, everything is new and amazing, the next it's expected.

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