Justin Gaethje Quotes

Justin Gaethje

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 14, 1988

Twenty-five minutes is a long time to stay focused. It's really something I had to work on to go in there and not get complacent for 2 seconds or 5 seconds or 1 second. That's all it takes.

Justin Gaethje

I wish I was fighting Jason High in his hometown. I would put him to sleep in front of all his fans. He's mainly a wrestler, but I'm an All-American wrestler. So I'm really not worried about Jason High.

Justin Gaethje

Barboza is up there. He's a scary fight, but I like being scared. And that's a fight that me, as a fan, would want to see. I know how much fans would love something like that. So I'll go out there and try to finish that dude with leg kicks.

Justin Gaethje

Whoever they send me a contract for, I'll fight him.

Justin Gaethje

I do think I'm the best lightweight in the world.

Justin Gaethje

Do I think people are sleeping on me? Absolutely.

Justin Gaethje

This is a making-money business, and the only way to make money is knocking people out. Lying on someone? That's pathetic to me. You gotta drop a bomb.

Justin Gaethje

I know plenty of wrestlers who are 15-0 and going nowhere.

Justin Gaethje

When you fight me, you aren't going to be able to be so careful. They better block their face and knock me out. I'm going to hit them, kick them. I'm going to come forward. They'll have to run, literally run, backwards. That's the only way to get away from me. And eventually you're going to run into the cage.

Justin Gaethje

A lot of people say I'm reckless and I take too many shots. I take shots on the forehead. There's nothing wrong with that. It puts me in punching range.

Justin Gaethje

When I take a right hand, I roll with it. I don't absorb every single bit of the punch. There's different ways to alleviate some of the force of a punch besides just getting out of the way. When I take it, it's on my gloves.

Justin Gaethje

I'm not saying I'd walk through everybody. There's some great fights for me, though, and I'd put on a hell of a show with a lot of the fighters in the top 10. My pressure is second to none, and a lot of them don't have any way to prepare for what I'm going to be bring.

Justin Gaethje

I don't get hit a ton on the button.

Justin Gaethje

This is entertainment business and I fight for money.

Justin Gaethje

I watched the UFC way back in the day, before there were time limits. I always knew it's what I wanted to do some day.

Justin Gaethje

I was always sort of a competitor.

Justin Gaethje

I got into wrestling when I was four years old.

Justin Gaethje

What I do is not for the faint of heart, but I'm a different breed.

Justin Gaethje

I win and lose in one way. And that's either putting them to sleep or putting it on the line and going to sleep.

Justin Gaethje

I know that the only way I'm going to advance in this sport is to be exciting and to finish fights, and I'm fine with that.

Justin Gaethje