100 Quotes by Jose Aldo

That was my biggest dream, to one day become champion in MMA and boxing. That is my biggest dream.

If you lose, no one will remember you, but if you're the champion, they will always remember you.

I was really close to my father since I was young. He always told me that I had to work in order to become a man, so I had to stay with him when my mother left. He always took me to work to help him as a bricklayer. I was just a kid, so I did what I could do to help him.

I love sports - I am a die-hard fan of soccer, and I am always at Maracana Stadium in Rio watching Flamengo play. I am also a big fan of basketball; I stay up at night to watch Lebron James play whenever I can.

Chael Sonnen inspired everybody. You go there and call someone out, and you get the fight.

I wanted to train jiu-jitsu instead of capoeira because the mat was soft. It was better than training capoeira on the hard floor. I started reading jiu-jitsu magazines, reading about the world champions, and becoming one of them became my goal.

I've competed for so many years that I can go in there and have fun and do what I love, which is fight and compete.

Something I always liked to train is kickboxing.

It doesn't matter who's competing in my division. I don't worry about it.