Chad Mendes Quotes

Chad Mendes

Profession : Boxer

Birth : May 1, 1985

There's no way I'm ever taking a dive. There's no amount of money in this world that could pay me off in a fight.

Chad Mendes

When I'm prepared, my cardio is never an issue. It never has been.

Chad Mendes

I think the competition in the octagon is translatable to the competition when you're hunting, at least for me.

Chad Mendes

For me, fighting, I love competing, but I don't love getting my head beat in.

Chad Mendes

I mean, I've had stuff done with my ribs before, cartilage separated, broken stuff. It's no joke, man. It just sucks.

Chad Mendes

Elkins is a grinder and an ugly style.

Chad Mendes

If Aldo can't stay healthy and is too fragile to go through a training camp, then I think it is time to step aside and let guys who are able to do that and able to push through all that stuff, to be a champ.

Chad Mendes

I wouldn't want to turn a title fight down. That's the ultimate goal in the sport.

Chad Mendes

I've been working hard my entire life.

Chad Mendes

Jose Aldo can't run from me forever.

Chad Mendes

I really pride myself on takedown defense.

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What's crazy about this sport, is that it's tough to find one person to say that's the greatest. I feel like any of us, on any given night, could beat any one of each other.

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I only drink after a fight. I'll go through an eight- to 10-week training camp where I don't drink at all. But in the month after a fight, I'll allow myself to have a beer now and then.

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I've been a high-level athlete since I was five years old.

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I love to fight.

Chad Mendes

If I go out there and beat Aldo I would rather fight a bigger name like Conor. Not necessarily a bigger name, but a guy with a bigger draw like that.

Chad Mendes

Before I get in the cage or when I get in the cage, I'm just staring at my opponent across the Octagon, and I almost get a kind of weird, almost euphoric, super-relaxed feeling. I don't know if that's an adrenaline dump, or if that's just your body calming yourself down before the adrenaline kicks in.

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I fought Aldo, who's one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world. I went five rounds with him and pushed the pace the entire time.

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I don't hardly ever get taken down at the gym.

Chad Mendes

It's just business, I'm ready to fight anyone.

Chad Mendes