Tim Kennedy Quotes

Tim Kennedy

Profession : Athlete

Birth : September 1, 1979

I hit hard, and I'm hard to take down.

Tim Kennedy

I really want to demonstrate I'm not to be overlooked anymore.

Tim Kennedy

I am a nice guy. I love having a good time. I love cooking. I love hanging out with my friends.

Tim Kennedy

I always have that nagging feeling of wanting to go back and getting my long gun back and be a sniper on a Special Forces ODA, which is the greatest job in the world, but I have some goals in MMA that I set out to do, and I'm not going to stop until I get them.

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I will always be fighting in one form or another until the day I die.

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I've been to Afghanistan and Iraq a few times, and then I've done deployments elsewhere - with Special Forces, we go all over the place.

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I think the most rewarding thing is going over and being deployed and having done meaningful things.

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When 9/11 happened, I was like, 'I gotta do something.' I went and talked to the recruiters, and I found out about the Special Forces 18X program. They take qualified people off the street, and they give them a shot at Special Forces. I was like, 'So I could go try out for Special Forces?'

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I have a pretty amazing life. Even back-to-back deployments - Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey - it's still pretty rewarding.

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I dominated Michael Bisping.

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Fighting is a lonely thing. You train with your team. You bleed with them. You trust your coaches, but ultimately, you are in the cage alone.

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I want to thank all of my opponents. Iron sharpens iron, and every great victory or crushing defeat occurred because there was someone who trained hard and had the courage to meet me across the cage.

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