I didn't get into fighting for the money. I didn't want to be famous. I just want to fight. —Alexis Davis

Defeat is the seed of greater victory to come.

Impossible is a short-sighted word. Impossible is just a synonym for "coming soon"

I never give up. I always keep going forward. —Charles Oliveira

You just got to out there and flow, like Bruce Lee said, you got to be like water. You got to be at such a high level and it's taken me 11 years to perform like this. —Cub Swanson

The worst is not to be sentenced to death, while your hope lives. The worst is to be condemned to live while your hope dies. —Fredson Paixao

Performance psychologist Ken Baum speaks about sports psychology and MMA

                                   

They cant eat me, They cant kill me, They can hit me, But I have dealt with much worse in my life so they better BRING IT! —Donny Singleton

THE RETURN OF THIAGO SILVA DURING FIGHT TIME PROMOTIONS' FIGHT TIME 20

June 2014 - Ft.Lauderdale, FL Light Heavyweight MMA superstar - Thiago Silva - will be back in the cage for Howard Davis Jr.'s Fight Time Promotions on Fri. Aug. 29th from the City of Ft. Lauderdale's historic War Memorial Auditorium. 

The 12-time UFC Veteran will fight during Fight Time 20 in front of South Florida fight fans for the first time in his career. Silva, with a professional MMA record of 18-3, will fight for his former Boxing Coach - 1976 Boxing Olympic Gold Medalist - Howard Davis Jr., who is also the CEO of Fight Time Promotions.

"Thiago is a phenomenal fighter and a good friend of mine. He works hard in the gym. That being said; it's an honor and a pleasure to have him fight for the Fight Time Promotions' family," said Howard Davis Jr.

The mega fight was inked at Authentic Sports Management, one of the most successful full-service MMA agencies in the world and reps the entire Blackzilians roster.

Silva, who trains out of Jaco Hybrid Training Center in Boca Raton, FL; says he's ready to get back in the cage. The last time Silva set foot in the cage was back in Oct. of 2013 during UFC Fight Night 29. Fight Time Promotions is the premier promotion in the State of Florida and plans on celebrating its fourth year anniversary with a big-name fighter such as Silva.

The 31-year-old 6'2 Light Heavyweight star is on a 2-fight winning streak and plans to give Florida fight fans a night to remember.

"I'm gonna put on a good fight and the audience will be very pleased as I'm looking to knock my opponent out," Silva told Davis Jr. "I'm very happy to be fighting for my former coach," he added.

Silva's opponent will be announced soon.

Media News Conference with Thiago Silva, his management and Fight Time Promotions will take place on Wednesday, July 9th at 10am Location: War Memorial Auditorium, 800 NE 8 St. Ft. Lauderdale, FL 

For me, I learnt from jiu-jitsu and martial arts to be humble and to go forward in life in a positive way. — Ricardo Liborio

"I have to keep winning...Maybe one day I'll be satisfied, but that day hasn't come yet." —Ronda Rousey

“I decided to be a smarter fighter. I already knew I was tough, so if I was smart and tough, I was more likely to be a champion” — Cub Swanson

"There's always pressure but I change that pressure into motivation." —Lyoto Machida

"There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either in or you're out. There's no such thing as life in between." —Pat Riley

What I have learned from fighting is you find what your made of as soon as the bell rings. The opportunity to quit will present itself time and time again. —Savant Young

"Go for the moon. If you don't get it, you'll still be heading for the stars." —Willis Reed

"Be a dreamer. If you don't know how to dream, you're dead." —Jim Valvano

"What I have learned from BJJ is in order to be sucessful you must learn to deal with hardships and failures, before you can learn how to win" —JONATHAN "JT" TORRES

You can always do more. A broken hand has stopped a million people from training but it should just give you time to learn to kick. —Sam Alvey

"Whatever it is that you're passionate about, whatever it is that you absolutely love, and whatever it is that you would get up out of bed every day and do for free, you should try to figure out a way to make money at it and give it a shot." —Dana White

"I just want to be a role model for the kids, just open their eyes, know they can do anything they want, anything they put their mind to." —Sim Bhullar on impacting kids in India

 

"If you really want to make it this far and get to the ultimate goal you got to keep grinding, and think about what you have to gain instead of what you got to lose." —Sim Bhullar

Indian-Canadian Sikh basketball player.

"The key to this sport, I think almost in any sport, is having a really good short-term memory." —Josh Thomson on Losses

"This is a sport where you get your ego checked on a regular basis, whether it's in the cage or whether it's at practice. I've definitely learned more from my losses than I have from my wins. You try not to dwell on it, you try to take the positives out of it and use it as a learning experience and move forward." —Carlos Condit

"I never give up. I always fight through whatever situation I have to fight through." —Chris Anderson [Birdman]

Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. —Michael Jordan

No time for lamentation over defeat or self adulation in victory. Onto the next battle.

“If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” —Bruce Lee

Learn from experience but treat every situation as it is different because it is. —Scott Kinzebach

 

Fighting calms me. —Conor McGregor

There’s a lot of nerves. It all goes away though once they say "fight" —Rory MacDonald

"As long as I'm fighting I'm fighting 100% to better myself and win every time I go out." —Ryan Bader

"As long as I'm fighting I'm fighting 100% to better myself and win every time I go out."
—Ryan Bader

   

"A killer instinct runs in the blood." — Rory MacDonald

"A killer instinct runs in the blood."

—	Rory MacDonald

   

"I recognize that losing is a part of growth in this sport and it's a positive thing in the long run." —Rory MacDonald

"I recognize that losing is a part of growth in this sport and it's a positive thing in the long run."

—	Rory MacDonald

   

"Losses can make you look deeply into your own soul and consequently make bigger gains than you ever though imaginable."

"Losses can make you look deeply into your own soul and consequently make bigger gains than you ever though imaginable."
 

"Don't be afraid to chase your dream." —Ricardo Lamas

"Don't be afraid to chase your dream."
—Ricardo Lamas 

"One of the biggest things I've learned in MMA is that you have to constantly make yourself better, almost how technology keeps evolving. You have to be willing to make changes and improve while still maintaining the tools that got you to where you are in the first place." —Manny Lara

"One of the biggest things I've learned in MMA is that you have to constantly make yourself better, almost how technology keeps evolving. You have to be willing to make changes and improve while still maintaining the tools that got you to where you are in the first place."
—Manny Lara
 

Arnaud Lepont on overcoming fear

"They say variety is the spice of life and I honestly believe that because the more bodies you face everyday, the more new movements you come across each time...You learn quicker, you're able to adjust to situations a lot better." —Conor McGregor

"They say variety is the spice of life and I honestly believe that because the more bodies you face everyday, the more new movements you come across each time...You learn quicker, you're able to adjust to situations a lot better."
—Conor McGregor

"The only pressure I ever feel is the pressure I put on myself; and I did that to myself for 10 years, I'm over it. Now I go out there and I enjoy what I do." —Cub Swanson

"The only pressure I ever feel is the pressure I put on myself; and I did that to myself for 10 years, I'm over it. Now I go out there and I enjoy what I do."
—Cub Swanson

"I made a lot of mistakes. I got lost in the woods a few times, and that's my personality—to end up taking the hardest road possible to get to the top. But I think I will get there, and I honestly think that it will feel like the best thing ever because of everything I've been through." —Cub Swanson

"I made a lot of mistakes. I got lost in the woods a few times, and that's my personality—to end up taking the hardest road possible to get to the top. But I think I will get there, and I honestly think that it will feel like the best thing ever because of everything I've been through."
—Cub Swanson

"Just try to give as much as you can through your daily life to yourself and the people around you." —BJ Penn

"Just try to give as much as you can through your daily life to yourself and the people around you."
—BJ Penn

"Work ethic, confidence, a laser focus and commitment to accomplish a goal that most people can never imagine."—Daniel Cormier on lessons from Wrestling

"Work ethic, confidence, a laser focus and commitment to accomplish a goal that most people can never imagine."
—Daniel Cormier on lessons from Wrestling 

Don't be full of yourself. Be full of gratitude.

Don't be full of yourself. Be full of gratitude.
 

“The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.” —Muhammad Ali

“The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.” —Muhammad Ali
 

"You could be the tastiest, most juiciest, most delicious peach out there in the world; there's still going to be people out there who don't like peaches ." —Benson Henderson

"You could be the tastiest, most juiciest, most delicious peach out there in the world; there's still going to be people out there who don't like peaches ." —Benson Henderson

"I don't want to be the guy who sells my soul, for lack of a better term, to sell tickets." —Benson Henderson

"I don't want to be the guy who sells my soul, for lack of a better term, to sell tickets." —Benson Henderson

Nunca pare de evoluir. (Never stop evolving.) —Wanderlei Silva

Nunca pare de evoluir.
(Never stop evolving.)
—Wanderlei Silva

"I put more pressure on myself than anybody realizes. The most pressure I face is from myself. I expect to succeed, I expect to do well, I expect to end fights, I expect to finish everybody. I bust my butt to make sure that happens. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. But all I can do is my best. That's all I can do." —Benson Henderson

"I put more pressure on myself than anybody realizes. The most pressure I face is from myself. I expect to succeed, I expect to do well, I expect to end fights, I expect to finish everybody. I bust my butt to make sure that happens. Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. But all I can do is my best. That's all I can do." —Benson Henderson

"I open my heart and soul, not just in this cage, but every single day at my gym...I push myself beyond my body can take it." —Benson Henderson

"I open my heart and soul, not just in this cage, but every single day at my gym...I push myself beyond my body can take it." —Benson Henderson

The defeats and the triumphs of yesterday will be meaningless; the battle takes place only in the now.

The defeats and the triumphs of yesterday will be meaningless; the battle takes place only in the now.