Gilbert Burns Quotes

Gilbert Burns

Profession : Mixed Martial Artist

Birth : July 20, 1986

We'll always have respect, but there's no friendship inside the octagon, no smiles or fun games. I'm there to knock you out or submit you. Worst case scenario, I want to dominate the entire fight.

Gilbert Burns

I want to make sure I'm not going to gas in my fights.

Gilbert Burns

There's only one champion. You close out, one man will have his name as champion and one man will be second.

Gilbert Burns

When I go into a fight, I've got to be with a clean mind.

Gilbert Burns

I don't need a Mike Tyson video to get me hyped up. I don't need to see that. I wake up hyped up.

Gilbert Burns

Sometimes the opponent is more cool, sometimes he's not, but there's no friendship inside the octagon, only when the fight is over.

Gilbert Burns

Jiu-jitsu has a lot of leverages and it's more complex when the guy is long.

Gilbert Burns

I'm more used to four-fight contracts.

Gilbert Burns

My preference, of course, is to fight for the belt.

Gilbert Burns

I want to fight - I evolve when I'm fighting.

Gilbert Burns

After I stopped with the crazy weight cut, I started performing a lot better.

Gilbert Burns

In the beginning, it was too easy taking guys down, and I got in my comfort zone, and I've got to do more standup. And I missed the timing of takedowns and jiu-jitsu. I realized that's my roots, and I need to come back. And I started competing in jiu-jitsu and training more, and I think that was the key.

Gilbert Burns

I like hostile environments, to keep it serious. That's where I fight my best.

Gilbert Burns

I'll always respect my opponents, but there will be no high-fives or shaking hands or smiles there.

Gilbert Burns

I just want to become champion.

Gilbert Burns

That's what I want. I'm in the sport to be the best, to be the champion.

Gilbert Burns

I'll rest when I retire, I'll rest when I die.

Gilbert Burns

Signing with the UFC wasn't a dream. It's a goal. I set this goal and I reached it.

Gilbert Burns

My doctor Rodrigo Mauro told me that I would fight better at 170, but I want to be a lightweight. I want to be the man at 155.

Gilbert Burns

I'm kinda almost a middleweight. I walk around 185 and I'm fighting at lightweight.

Gilbert Burns