25 Quotes by Khabib Nurmagomedov

I don't think I'm a bad guy from Dagestan. I think I'm a good guy from Dagestan. But for my opponents, for sure, I'm a bad guy because when I go to the cage every time, I smash my opponents.

My best background is, like, smash opponents. I all the time go forward. I all the time try to take down somebody. Make him give up. This is my style, you know. This is what I do all my life.

I don't think about, 'Oh, I'm finally getting my respect,' because I don't care about this.

I don't know about politics so much. I'm a professional athlete.

They're all fake belts. To be honest, I think real belt is Tony Ferguson's.

Of course I am tough, but I am smart, too. I'm more smart than tough. People watching my record and say that this guy is tough. This is not about tough; this is about mind. You think when you fight. This is about everything.

I never fight for the money, but every person is different.

I feel I represent my country: not only my country but all former U.S.S.R. countries because I have very big fan base here, and I have more than a billion Muslim fans. I feel I represent these guys all around the world. My fans. This gives me very good energy. When I go to the cage, I think about these people.

I never have a problem with the weight cut. My number one enemy is injuries because I train so hard.