Justin Gaethje Quotes

Justin Gaethje

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 14, 1988

I like to take chances.

Justin Gaethje

I've been saying I'm the best in the world for a long time.

Justin Gaethje

When I sat down and knew I was going to go to the UFC, I thought of Edson Barboza and I almost had a panic attack. And then right away I called my manager Ali Abdel-Aziz. I said, 'Ali, that's the fight I want.' I think it's the worst fight in the lightweight division for me, the scariest.

Justin Gaethje

I'm not infallible. Never will be.

Justin Gaethje

People love the fact Chael Sonnen is saying he's undefeated. It's crazy to me that people like something like that but don't give respect to the fighters that just put it on the line.

Justin Gaethje

I'm trying to be as real as I can and I'm being myself. I'm not gonna create an act.

Justin Gaethje

I love the sport, I'm a fan of MMA, I've been a fan of MMA since before I started it, I was a fan of Eddie Alvarez before I started fighting, so just the culmination of events that have transpired in my life through hard work, through specifically hard work, it's just, I'm happy.

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In hindsight, I'd love to be undefeated still, but that's not what this sport is.

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When you win, you get to pick someone in front of you to fight.

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I've been telling people I need to start smiling to my opponents and shaking hands and just being nice, so then when the bell rings, I catch them off-guard, because I used to catch people off-guard, but everyone's ready now.

Justin Gaethje

I went to college, I wrestled and I took some amateur fights. When I graduated, I wanted to start using my degree, but I figured I would start fighting professionally. Then I won 18 in a row and I fought Eddie Alvarez on pay-per-view.

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I happen to have a college education and I never planned on being a fighter.

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I'm hoping to earn enough to buy a few properties, that way I can make money that way and I want to do social work.

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Working in a juvenile detention center, being a probation officer for at-risk youths, I'll do something like that. Something nice and stable.

Justin Gaethje

Skill wise, there's nobody that's gonna outwork me.

Justin Gaethje

I've wanted to - and have been - testing myself against the best guys in the world.

Justin Gaethje

I'm trying to live until I'm at least 65 or 70, so I might as well try and stay healthy until at least that long.

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I wanted to take the short road to the top, and I think I'm doing that.

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I get paid by the fight, not by the minute.

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God, it's such an unforgiving sport.

Justin Gaethje