I'm in this sport to change my life. I'm in this sport to change my parents' lives and the loved ones around me. That's really what I care about. And I can't do that if they keep putting me on these prelims.

Aljamain Sterling

I'm about fighting the best guys.

Aljamain Sterling

It's MMA, man, the wild, wild west. You can just expect that anything can happen, and that's just where I'm at with things.

Aljamain Sterling

I'm in this to change my life, to change my fortunes. I'm not in there to just fight for free.

Aljamain Sterling

I realize judges don't understand what the hell kicks are doing.

Aljamain Sterling

This is the weirdest thing. I've been told one thing, that all these guys turned me down, x,y, z. I take to Twitter and some of these guys are like, 'Yeah, I'll take the fight,' then you don't hear anything of it for the next few weeks.

Aljamain Sterling

I'm from a family of 20, so I'm one of the oldest guys, I grew up a lot having my brothers and sisters walk with me to school when I had to be the guy to watch them and all these things, so I kinda learned how to develop those leadership skills at a very early age.

Aljamain Sterling

It's almost out of sight out of mind because there's so many cards. One great fight could happens one weekend and another great fight happens next weekend, you kind of get swallowed up in that pack. So you have to find a way to separate yourself and what better way to do that than on ESPN?

Aljamain Sterling

I lost as amateur, I lost a bunch of times as a wrestler, and you always come back.

Aljamain Sterling

I've been the captain of my wrestling team, my college team, so to me, I've been in that leadership role for a very long time.

Aljamain Sterling

I had to learn to toughen up and fend for myself. You'd think when you have a lot of brothers and sisters, they'd come to your aid and rescue you a lot of times, but for us it wasn't really like that. It was tough love.

Aljamain Sterling

I think they need to start doing cageside weigh-ins again. I think that's the best way to go if you really want to see some difference. Cageside weigh-ins; I guarantee you won't see people cutting more than five to eight pounds, and they'll be fighting closer to their natural weight class.

Aljamain Sterling

You show your teeth more when you show what you're made of and your heart.

Aljamain Sterling

I fight for people's entertainment, but at the same time that entertainment comes at a cost.

Aljamain Sterling

When you look at the U.S., it's a little weird, man because we have so many other sports and other things that we can watch and support that it's hard to get the support of an entire country around you.

Aljamain Sterling

I'm too long, I'm too rangy, I can box, I can kick, I can wrestle, I can do jiu-jitsu.

Aljamain Sterling

I almost want to ask the judges, 'If you don't count leg kicks, if you don't count body kicks, why not?' So if you don't think they're effective in the scoring criteria, they're not effective striking, effective grappling, so how about I kick you in the body, I kick you in the leg, and you tell me how that feels?

Aljamain Sterling

I want to have a bank account that represents me being a pro athlete.

Aljamain Sterling

If I'm only fighting once or twice a year, that's just not going to be enough to make a dent in the sport or enough financially for me to get myself to where I want to be and position myself.

Aljamain Sterling

It's interesting to see all these guys keep calling me out after they win. I don't know whether it's a slap in the face or just respect. I don't know. I have no idea. I can't tell what to make of it.

Aljamain Sterling

Aljamain Sterling Quotes

I'm in this sport to change my life. I'm in this sport to change my parents' lives and the loved ones around me. That's really what I care about. And I can't do that if they keep putting me on these prelims.

I'm about fighting the best guys.

It's MMA, man, the wild, wild west. You can just expect that anything can happen, and that's just where I'm at with things.

I'm in this to change my life, to change my fortunes. I'm not in there to just fight for free.

I realize judges don't understand what the hell kicks are doing.

This is the weirdest thing. I've been told one thing, that all these guys turned me down, x,y, z. I take to Twitter and some of these guys are like, 'Yeah, I'll take the fight,' then you don't hear anything of it for the next few weeks.

I'm from a family of 20, so I'm one of the oldest guys, I grew up a lot having my brothers and sisters walk with me to school when I had to be the guy to watch them and all these things, so I kinda learned how to develop those leadership skills at a very early age.

It's almost out of sight out of mind because there's so many cards. One great fight could happens one weekend and another great fight happens next weekend, you kind of get swallowed up in that pack. So you have to find a way to separate yourself and what better way to do that than on ESPN?

I lost as amateur, I lost a bunch of times as a wrestler, and you always come back.

I've been the captain of my wrestling team, my college team, so to me, I've been in that leadership role for a very long time.

I had to learn to toughen up and fend for myself. You'd think when you have a lot of brothers and sisters, they'd come to your aid and rescue you a lot of times, but for us it wasn't really like that. It was tough love.

I think they need to start doing cageside weigh-ins again. I think that's the best way to go if you really want to see some difference. Cageside weigh-ins; I guarantee you won't see people cutting more than five to eight pounds, and they'll be fighting closer to their natural weight class.

You show your teeth more when you show what you're made of and your heart.

I fight for people's entertainment, but at the same time that entertainment comes at a cost.

When you look at the U.S., it's a little weird, man because we have so many other sports and other things that we can watch and support that it's hard to get the support of an entire country around you.

I'm too long, I'm too rangy, I can box, I can kick, I can wrestle, I can do jiu-jitsu.

I want to have a bank account that represents me being a pro athlete.

If I'm only fighting once or twice a year, that's just not going to be enough to make a dent in the sport or enough financially for me to get myself to where I want to be and position myself.

It's interesting to see all these guys keep calling me out after they win. I don't know whether it's a slap in the face or just respect. I don't know. I have no idea. I can't tell what to make of it.