99 Quotes by Brian Ortega

I very strongly dislike fear. I always say fear keeps us from living our lives and doing the things we want to do.

Sometimes it takes me a little longer to kick into my gears.

The people around me saved my life, not MMA. It was people who said, 'You're better than this,' who told me, 'You don't belong in this world.' MMA and jiu-jitsu and training gave me an escape.

Sometimes when you get eager, you get sloppy. Sometimes when you get sloppy, you get knocked out.

Training full-on year round is great, and I love to stay in shape and always being ready, but I feel sometimes I don't have a life.

When I go in to fight week, I go, 'Maybe I'm going to be that guy on the highlight reel that gets knocked out.' I'm always thinking, 'How am I going to react? Am I going to be a sore loser?' I'm almost checking myself in case something bad happens.

Two good, large fights a year is good enough for me.

There's little windows that open up during the fight, to finish your opponent. Whenever those windows open, I'm jumping right through them without hesitation.

If we have more confidence in ourselves, we can live a happier life and a better life.