101 Quotes by Stephen Thompson

Taekwondo, those are some major kickers right there. That's what they bring. That's all they do is the kicks. They don't have the punching and the ground but it's more of a kicking art than anything.

You can defend a single-leg takedown a little bit easier than you could a double-leg takedown.

Georges St. Pierre, if he wants to take you down, you're going down.

Sometimes, you get kickboxers and all they've done is striking and they don't have the wrestling or jiu-jitsu background that I have had since I was young.

Thank goodness I was blessed with a hard head.

I'm not the type of guy to back down from anybody. I think if you want to fight in the octagon you have to have that mentality.

I just want to be able to say I fought the best fighters in the world.

Ben Askren, he is a very strong wrestler, probably the best in the division, I think. But then again, when you're in the fight game like this, some of the other things you have to improve. It can't just be wrestling all the time. You got to continue to work on your striking, get better at that.

Conor has taken the UFC to a whole new level. It's his whole demeanor that appeals to me. He's a fighter, he's a Viking, and on top of that, he's got the gift of gab.