Israel Adesanya

Athlete

100 Quotes

I'm real petty. I remember everything like an elephant.

Fighting is worldwide. Fighting is fighting, everyone understands what it is.

If you visibly compromise someone or hurt someone, or hurt their vision, you're not supposed to still just stand there and wait for them to come to you.

Look, I can't dim my shine just because some people feel uncomfortable.

I'm not proud of my chin but I can take a shot.

I fought probably 23 or 24 times when I was over in China, in a year.

I've had malaria damn near eight times.

A lot of guys just can't handle the spotlight and the pressure, so they shy away from it, like 'oh, I don't want to be in it.' That's never me.

The amount of work we have to do to get to that Octagon, we should be getting paid what we're worth.

To reach the heights of a truly global sport, in a sport as difficult as this, is a monumental achievement.

Kelvin Gastelum, there's many ways I can classify his style. I like it. He's improved. One thing I can say is that he's improved over his run in the UFC from 'The Ultimate Fighter' and now being a contender. But his style? It's very Mexican. You have the Mexican style of boxing, and he has a Mexican style of MMA, like smart Mexican style.

Even when I was fighting in China I met some guys on the local circuit that we're fighting, they didn't enjoy it, they wanted to be musicians and do other things, but they're just fighting because it pays the bills and they get money for it.

When I'm having fun, I'm the best in the world.

I'm the runt of my people.

I never, ever deviate from my plans.

There doesn't need to be hatred after a fight, because it's all said and done. I'm cool with a lot of my opponents in the UFC. There's people I've fought who were my friends in kickboxing tournaments and after we were still cool.

Coming up in this country, I've seen it so many times. When you see somebody rising you want to tear them down because you feel inadequate and you want to call it humble.

I don't want to be fighting when I don't want to fight.

I'm a guy that, if I see people running away from something I'm like, 'Why you running away? What's over there?'

You won't see me on TMZ shaving my hair and yelling at the camera guy.

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