Chad Mendes Quotes

Chad Mendes

Profession : Boxer

Birth : May 1, 1985

It's always exciting to get in there when there is a lot of hype surrounding a fight. It's actually tough to get in there when there is none.

Chad Mendes

Conor's never faced anybody like me before.

Chad Mendes

I started swimming before I got into wrestling at, like, 4 years old, then I wrestled from, like, 5 years old through college, graduated, and then the next day I headed to Sacramento to begin professional training.

Chad Mendes

I'm the type of guy that overtrains pretty damn quick, so three to four weeks into a training camp, I feel peaked out.

Chad Mendes

I have nothing against Frankie.

Chad Mendes

I live a healthy lifestyle.

Chad Mendes

Jose's a great champion. He's a tough dude.

Chad Mendes

Being explosive on the feet is different than grappling, with the squeezing and pushing and pulling. It's different on your muscles.

Chad Mendes

I've always been the type of guy that's worked my butt off and trained hard and done things the right way.

Chad Mendes

What sucks for Aldo is that he just gets injured a lot.

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I've been preparing for Conor McGregor since the first time I seen this dude fight in the UFC. What I knew was he's going to talk his way up to the top.

Chad Mendes

There's a lot of guys who don't get to fight a guy three times after losing to him twice.

Chad Mendes

I've been wrestling since I was five years old, and I've never taken a year off. It's something I've done my whole life.

Chad Mendes

Mainly because I just have some successful stuff going on outside the fight game, I feel good about life, and for me to really put all that stuff back on hold to get back in there and train full-time, it's got to be worth it, for sure.

Chad Mendes

The Guida KO showed that my striking has come a long way.

Chad Mendes

It's just crazy to think of all the stuff that we've done and gone through and accomplished. It feels good looking back, it's been a crazy, wild ride for sure.

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I want that belt. I'm on my way, taking it one fight at a time, but I'm coming after it.

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I have suffered from plaque psoriasis my entire life. I've had that since I can even remember.

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I'm athletic.

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I truly believe I can finish a guy like Jose Aldo.

Chad Mendes