I just want to constantly evolve. I never ever want to hit a plateau. —Matt Brown

 

"I don't think about the next round, I don't think about the next punch, I don't think about anything except the present moment. And that's all that really matters. If you take care of what's happening at the moment—same thing in life, it's all a metaphor for life—you take care of the moment and then the next thing will take care of itself." —Matt Brown

Dealing with thoughts and emotionsis just a matter of making a consciouschoice to be strong. Set a goal and beprepared to die for that goal. —Matt Brown

"The awesome thing about this sport is you see all sides of yourself, see the deepest inner-workings of yourself. It all comes out at some point or another. And then decide if you want everybody else to know who you are. 'Cause if you fight long enough everybody's going to find out who you are." —Matt Brown

"The big picture will take care of itself if all the small things are taken care of." —Matt Brown

"That's really what's important to me: living for the moment and making this moment count. I liken it to the old saying about missing the forest for the trees. Well, I do the opposite. I'm looking to make a bunch of beautiful trees and that way I can create a beautiful forest. So I don't sit back and look at a forest, I'm making sure each tree is perfect." —Matt Brown

"You have to risk going too far to see how far you can actually go." —Matt Brown

"You need the mentality to live every moment like it's your last, because in a fight it can be." —Matt Brown

Wake up, make a shake, train, shower, eat, nap, make a shake, train, shower, eat, sleep, rinse and repeat. -Matt Brown on his life

There are no big secrets in this game you just train harder than the next guy and fight harder than your opponent and good things will happen. -Matt Brown

I love fighting enough that I didn't care about doing anything else. It's definitely not easy for everyone to find that thing, but it is necessary in life. -Matt Brown

 

Hope I can help others, that's what life is all about. -Matt Brown

Philosophy on life? I'll answer with my favorite quote: Only those who risk going too far know how far they can actually go.

Matt Brown quoting T.S. Eliot

Matt Brown on overcoming heroin drug use

Matt Brown was able to take his extreme personality and alter it in a positive direction:

Back in the younger days when I was addicted to drugs and partying all the time, all I did was take that to the extreme. And now I take something positive and take it to the extreme.

Matt Brown on Winning and Losing

For Matt Brown he has learned that he doesn't define who he is as a person based on whether he wins or loses in the UFC Octagon:
Over time...I've learned how my personal worth is not based on whether I win or lose a fight.

Matt Brown on his feelings before a fight and 300 The Movie

In an interview with Extreme MMA News, Matt Brown describes his feelings before a fight akin to scenes the movie 300:

Explain the feeling you get when walking out to the cage and the moment the door shuts behind you.
It was described perfectly in the movie 300 in the wolf scene and again at the ending. “It’s not fear that grips him, but restlessness. A heightened sense of things.” I can’t describe it any better.

MMA Quotes on God

Matt Brown on Aliens, God, and Religion

UFC welterweight Matt Brown's take on belief:

I don't believe or not believe in aliens. I'm the same way with religion and God. I have no reason to believe and no reason not to believe. If I don't see something for myself, then I'm not going to believe it. At the same time, we're such a small speck in the universe, there's no reason not to believe that there might be something else out there.

Matt Brown on not being complacent

Matt Brown on Dreams and Goals