Josh Barnett Quotes

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Josh Barnett

Profession : Mixed Martial Artist

Birth : November 10, 1977

As long as you're moving forward whether it be one step or ten feet man, you got to keep going.

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I was awarded a second-degree black belt in jiu-jitsu by Rigan Machado.

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I know that I can beat anybody in the world.

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You have to go out there and win battles before you can raid the dead of all their belongings.

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I think Metamoris really likes having me as their champion, as far as I know, anyway. I think I've done a good job of being a champion and showing what a champion is.

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The unfortunate part about trial by fire in fighting is that people punch you in the face.

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The Young Bucks do a good amount of winking at their audience and you can argue whether that's good or bad.

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My interest in wrestling began when I was a little kid, watching NWA and WWF on television.

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There are a lot of subtle things that are very, very important in wrestling, and to pick those up just takes time and experience. The only way that I really feel is best to do that is to go on the road. I learned every day by showing up early and leaving late.

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Wrestling is difficult - it is not just about doing moves and running around, and creating high spots. It's so much more subtle than that.

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Honestly, I feel like the more entrenched into professional wrestling I got, it became apparent to me that it was really a part and parcel with MMA. There wasn't a whole lot of difference at all. If anything, I refer to it as the other side of the same coin.

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There was no title fight in any organization in the world that in my opinion was absurd for me to be a contender in.

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The concept of USADA is not bad.

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One of the greatest struggles of bureaucracies is they get built and created, but they design themselves in such a way that they can never be at fault. They can never be wrong, they can never have made a mistake and they never want to relent.

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I can fight for a title against anyone in any league, anywhere, anytime.

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There will be another Travis Browne when Travis Browne is done being Travis Browne.

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I fought 'Travis Browne's' all my career. They just had a different name at a different point in life. They had the same type of skillset. They're basically the same type of guy.

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I couldn't think of a worse thing than to be anywhere with Chael Sonnen for 20 minutes.

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Hard times have been on Josh Barnett. Dealing with athletic commissions. Everybody's saying, 'You did this and you did that. You're the problem for this.' That's hard times. Hard times on my family. Hard times on my friends. Hard times on me.

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Hard times is not being able to get a fight. Hard times is, knowing the company, waking up one day and seeing they been sold to your competitor, not knowing what you're going to do. Where's my contract at? Where's my money? Where's my security?

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