Cain Velasquez Quotes

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Cain Velasquez

Profession : Athlete

Birth : July 28, 1982

You don't want the fight to stop on a cut or something like that. You want to finish the fight. You always have the idea that you have the chance to stay in a fight, because one blow can end it all.

Cain Velasquez

Every Mexican fighter has the heart; they work hard with their training, and they never give up. That's the mentality I always had and always saw growing up.

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I am listening more to my body and maintaining it.

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MMA is so exciting. It doesn't matter if you know the rules or not. If you like a fight, it's automatically gonna draw you in.

Cain Velasquez

When you know you are 100% and, you know, are ready to go, you just have that feeling. You know you are going to perform well.

Cain Velasquez

I want everybody on Fox to see my fighting style, to really become a fan of the sport.

Cain Velasquez

There's nobody better than me, especially Junior Dos Santos.

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I just have to fight my style of fight, which is a lot of pressure.

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I think you learn a lot from losses.

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I know what people expect of me - to have the fighting style of going forward and having a lot of action.

Cain Velasquez

Once I started wrestling, I really got into it, and I just knew that I wanted to do that - I wanted to wrestle all the way through college.

Cain Velasquez

While wrestling in college as a junior, it came to a point where wrestling just wasn't enough for me anymore. I love wrestling, but I felt like I was missing something, and so the striking part about MMA, the boxing and kickboxing, was what got me really interested in MMA.

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I'm not really too big of a sports fan. Everything I watch is MMA, you know, great fights. But other sports, not really too much.

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For me, to make a living off of working out is a dream for me. I don't know, I really can't be in an office and stuff like that. I want to do something that I love, and training, that's what motivates me.

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I don't think about being undefeated; I don't think about what people say in the media about me, whether it's good or bad. I just don't think of it.

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I loved football as a kid.

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Let me be clear: MMA training is tough work, and every fighter has had to enter the Octagon with aches and pains as well as exhaustion. This is the game.

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For me, it's all about training and fighting. I would rather do without the attention, but I know it comes with the territory.

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My body size and everything was perfect for being a heavyweight wrestler rather than being a linebacker.

Cain Velasquez

Know what your strengths are, but also keep in mind what your weaknesses are; always work on your weaknesses.

Cain Velasquez