Anderson Silva Quotes

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Anderson Silva

Profession : Athlete

Birth : April 14, 1975

I love my job. I go to fight because this is me.

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Roy Jones and Muhammad Ali are the inspiration for my style of fighting.

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When I started training martial arts, I learned about respect.

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His boxing style is one that I would like to test myself against. I've always been a fan of his, and I've always wanted to test myself against Roy Jones.

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I respect all the fighters. I respect Jon Jones. I respect Chris Weidman, but I'm here for working.

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I was really disappointed with the lack of respect from the UFC towards Brazilian athletes.

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I come to fight because I love to fight. It's my life.

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This is the UFC. UFC has the best fighters in the world. That's it.

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Brazil's got everything to be a great country for Brazilians and for immigrants.

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I always have to be me.

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I don't think there is rivalry between the teams in Brazil. We each do our jobs, and we each have our part in MMA.

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Sometimes people think I'm gay. A lot of people have asked me if I'm gay. I answer, 'Look, not to my knowledge. But I'm still young, it could be that in the future, I'll find out that I'm gay.'

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I respect my fans.

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I will be a complete man, a complete athlete, with a fight with Roy Jones Jr.

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I would love to fight my clone.

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I like to play soccer and paintball. I love paintball.

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I love being in the gym and everything involved in it.

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Georges St-Pierre is a good fighter who is proving his place in MMA with every fight.

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The fact is that everything I've done, no one else could do. I don't want to be cocky or arrogant or think I'm the best, but what I've tried to do all those years was to show I was different from the others. And that's not my opinion, but everyone's.

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