98 Quotes by Anderson Silva

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.

I respect my fans.

I would train with a gay man. As long as he respected me, it's all right. I don't think much of it. The fact that a guy is gay doesn't mean he's going to accost you. He can be gay, have a relationship, live among guys who aren't gay. He can do whatever he wants with his private life.

I'm always training to fight the best fighters in the world, and if the UFC wants me to fight Georges St-Pierre, then I will fight him.

There are many great fighters in the UFC; some of my favorites are Rodrigo Nogueira, Lyoto Machida, and B. J. Penn, but aside from these guys, the UFC has many great fighters in every division.

My teaching is my legacy.

Not only in the Octagon, but also in life, sometimes I have to take two steps back to take one step forward.

I was really disappointed with the lack of respect from the UFC towards Brazilian athletes.

I'm an athlete who took the sport to another level. I don't get or ever got the respect from people.