Chael Sonnen Quotes

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Chael Sonnen

Profession : Athlete

Birth : April 3, 1977

I listen to these pundits all the time breaking down Trump - 'He's brash, and he's bold, and he's successful' - and none of those are what it is. There's one word to sum it up, and it's courage. He has courage.

Chael Sonnen

Georges St-Pierre is the greatest fighter to have ever done it.

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I have never asked the crowd for their approval, and I will never start.

Chael Sonnen

Every fight day, I just stay in my room the entire day, and I just stay in bed. I sleep as late as I can, which usually isn't very late; I'm kind of an early riser. But I try to just stay there in bed. I don't usually eat the day of the fight. I don't eat until after the fight.

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Fans don't even know what they want at times.

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The fight takes 15 minutes. The build-up takes 90 days. It takes that for a reason.

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All our careers end the same: Face down and embarrassed.

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I like Bryan Caraway a lot; I used to train with him. I consider him a friend.

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It doesn't matter if I'm a rival of Anderson Silva's or not; I'm also very objective. And I'm not going to take something from a guy that he earned. Anderson Silva earned the right to be called the greatest of all time. And those are just the facts.

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Cain Velasquez, for my money, is the most intimidating force ever in heavyweight combat.

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The greatest form of expression - or, at least, the most common that we have as human beings, what separates us from the animals - is speaking: the ability to communicate.

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Nobody breaks in a fight and comes back in the same fight. Once you break, you're done for the night. You've gotta go back. You've gotta shower up. You've gotta fly home. You've got to reassess, take three or four months, and try it again. But that Anderson Silva breaks in that fight, and still finds a way to win, is remarkable.

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I don't really know what 'respect' means. That sounds like something a kid in the street says after he's getting ready to take your coat and your shoes.

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I wouldn't poke fun at someone if they were weak. I wouldn't bully somebody.

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I'm OK with being booed.

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What you don't want is for somebody to not care. Whenever they have no feeling at all, that's bad. Even if they kind of like you or they kind of don't, that's also bad. It's got to be a strong emotion one way or the other.

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I had dreams in 2000 of being an Olympian for boxing. I never talk about it.

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When I was a kid, I was a big fan of the regional scene. I read 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated,' and I watched Portland Wrestling and everything I could.

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Wrestlers tend to do good in MMA because they tend to be just some tough guys. It's not a karate situation where they grew up their whole life punching the air; in a wrestling situation, you grab a hold of another human being every day.

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I will not pretend to be something that I'm not. I certainly won't do it to win the audience over.

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