100 Quotes by Ben Askren

I don't give a damn about my record.

I'm not hugely monetarily motivated.

The worst 24- to 36-hour period of my whole camp, the part I like the least, is the part where I've gotta cut 13 to 15 pounds of water weight.

Colby Covington has a very low IQ. He says a lot of stupid things, and it's almost embarrassing that he represents our country that way.

My two things I always said is, No. 1, I'd be retired by the time I had my first kid, and No. 2, I'd be retired by the time I was 30.

I think every promoter's job is to pump their athletes up. Like, you see, Dana White did it all the time with branding people: all of a sudden, they're the best thing since sliced bread, just because that's the promoter's job.

One of my best qualities is my persistence.

I want to go and fight the best guys in the world and show people I'm the best. And hey, if something doesn't go my way - I don't think that's gonna happen. I realize that's a possibility in competition, and that's what happens.

I'm open to any welterweight on Planet Earth.