Anderson Silva Quotes

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Anderson Silva

Profession : Athlete

Birth : April 14, 1975

Life is about how much you can take and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward.

Anderson Silva

Not only in the Octagon, but also in life, sometimes I have to take two steps back to take one step forward.

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I would train with a gay man. As long as he respected me, it's all right. I don't think much of it. The fact that a guy is gay doesn't mean he's going to accost you. He can be gay, have a relationship, live among guys who aren't gay. He can do whatever he wants with his private life.

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Fighting, for me, is like skydiving without the parachute.

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I'm a natural born fighter, so this is what I do, and it's normal. It's natural. It's what I've always done as a martial artist, and as a martial artist, it's what I always wanted to do - test myself and always fighting. It's what I'm meant to do.

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A lot of people thought I was gay.

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People that want to talk can talk. Even a parrot talks. People are always going to have their thoughts on what they're going to say.

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Definitely I feel my kids played a big role in why I was so successful in fighting.

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I'm an athlete who took the sport to another level. I don't get or ever got the respect from people.

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I don't feel that I have to prove anything to anyone as far as what I've done in fighting.

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Basically, sometimes a reporter will ask a question, and I feel the answers only matter when the questions are relevant.

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I win for long time. I'm champion for long time - for years.

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Sonnen doesn't know martial arts. He's a wrestler; he doesn't know how to respect people. Some say he's promoting the fight, but he disrespected my country, my family and fans.

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It's not my character to up and challenge anyone.

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I trained together with Jacare for a long time.

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I'm over this thing of being champion, having the title.

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I think I've been through all the phases of the sport. I won, I lost, I got injured. Now I get to do what I love, with my truth, without worrying about what people will say or things like that.

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There are many great fighters in the UFC; some of my favorites are Rodrigo Nogueira, Lyoto Machida, and B. J. Penn, but aside from these guys, the UFC has many great fighters in every division.

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The moment when I broke my leg, when I realized my leg was broken, I thought my career was over.

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I respect Conor McGregor's style.

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