100 Quotes by Ben Askren

Every single time you compete, I don't care what it is, you want to perform the best you can, and I feel like I'm doing that.

You know what, the thing about Bellator was, I beat everyone they had.

If you think about who retires during their prime, the number of athletes who do that is very small.

Dana White ain't going to take care of you the second after you can't make him a whole bunch of money.

If you're competing right, if you're doing it right, competition should be a very selfish pursuit.

When you're competing, you need to be selfish. You need to think of yourself first.

I wasn't granted the opportunity to fight some of the best guys in the world. And that was something that was not on my end by any sense of the imagination.

You need to take care of yourself first, and you can't think of others quite as much if you want to be a successful competitor.

When someone decides to come into the UFC, and they don't have a combat sports background, you're kind of thinking, 'Does he really understand what he's getting into?'