Mark Hunt Quotes

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Mark Hunt

Profession : Athlete

Birth : March 23, 1974

I don't feel pain like most people.

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My sister is strong.

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A few months before my dad died, his eyes had started to go, and his skin was turning green. When he finally went to hospital, he was diagnosed with late-stage pancreatic cancer. None of us kids knew why the old man ignored the doctors and refused their help, but none of us were surprised, either.

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I always remember my dad's blue overalls and the blue overcoat he wore in winter, and I remember my mum's big old Afro. Sometimes, though, in my memories, smudges have replaced their faces.

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Most of the neighbours didn't like our parents, and they particularly gave Dad a very wide berth. We kids didn't have that luxury.

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I've been given a platform with the UFC, so I might as well share my story.

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I was in jail a couple of times, and I was probably heading back there for a long time. But martial arts saved my life and some of the choices I made with it.

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People always say its an aggressive and bad sport and just like street fighting, but it's not the same thing. You go into work at the gym every day, and it takes away from being an aggressive person in public. You're training every day, and you're losing that aggression for the public.

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The whole reason I fight is for my family. Everything I do is for them.

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I'm always going to be a New Zealand fighter. I'm a Kiwi, of course, and I've still got my New Zealand passport.

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My hands aren't even that big.

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You don't learn anything from quick knockouts. I learn more about myself from hard fights.

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Knocking someone out cold means you just caught them, that's all.

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When I'm fighting, I'm trying to find a reaction. I try to make the guy move; I try to make him do things that I want him to do. If he likes moving a certain way, I try to set something up so I catch him if he moves that way.

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I've fought the best in the world.

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It's not that I don't enjoy fighting. I don't enjoy the circumstances around fighting.

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Fighting has been a part of my life for my entire existence.

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There is nothing wrong with fighting, but when you're fighting an uphill battle on an uneven playing field, that's what I don't like.

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There was a lot of pride, being one of the elite fighters in the world, in the best promotion in the world. That's what I was proud of. To be called a UFC fighter, that was important.

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