99 Quotes by Demetrious Johnson

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    For me, you look at the beginning of his career, the man couldn't even make weight. That's how I found out about Henry Cejudo to begin with. 'Oh, Henry Cejudo misses weight again.' I'm like, who's this guy who keeps missing weight. When the UFC signed him, I was like, 'Great, you guys signed another guy who can't make 125.'

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    When I'm done my mixed martial arts career, the only people who are gonna remember me and respect what I did and how I lived my life are my two children. That's my legacy, ladies and gentlemen.

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    I'm the type of fighter who has never made an excuse. I fought with a broken rib, broken leg.

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    For me, I don't need to juice to make weight for my fights. I just do it for the health benefits - to keep my body healthy and to get my greens in me.

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    It's always about bringing in the numbers, the viewership. That's what gets you the money.

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    I don't have small goals; I just have goals, and it's, one, stay healthy; and two, have a very successful career.

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    Some days I have off like Thursday and Sunday but typically Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday are dedicated to training if I'm in fight camp.

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    That's one of the things I loved about Pride: the first round was ten minutes.

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    I'd rather have head stomps and kicks to the head on the ground rather than elbows because I think to kick someone in the head while they're laying on their back is very hard. Elbows are easy. You can be here, and I just cut you and won the fight.

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