Rafael Dos Anjos Quotes

God makes everything in perfect time, and he doesn't give you anything you can't handle.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Give, Perfect, Makes, Handle

Bro, how are you going to tap on the neck, on the choke? Go to sleep, man. Be a man.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Sleep, How, Tap, Choke

The way I train, the way I spar, I'm out of my comfort zone every single day, and you can see the result in my fights.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Comfort, Way, Fights, Comfort Zone

I'm an aggressive fighter, but I'm smart. I'm not going to play stupid.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Stupid, Play, Going, Aggressive

People treat you one way when you're champion, but when you're not the champion, everything changes. People treat you different.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Changes, Treat, One Way, Champion

You can promote fights - of course, you have to - you can say 'I'll beat you' or whatever, but you cannot put family, religion, anything like that in the mix. You need to separate things. That is a line a lot of fighters cross.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Like, Separate, Fights, Fighters

A lot of fighters come from Brazil. We've been doing this for long, long years.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Doing, Been, Lot, Fighters

I'm under contract. Whatever the UFC asks, I have to do because they are my bosses and they treat me very well. I can't complain about that, and it's this, man: When you have a boss, you need to follow orders.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Boss, Treat, Very, UFC

I came from the bottom. Now I'm the main event and UFC champion.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Now, Bottom, Came, UFC

It was priceless. Being the UFC champion and having my kids in the Octagon, my wife, them holding the belt. That was like a movie.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Movie, Belt, Having, UFC

Every night that I put my head on the pillow, I go to sleep knowing that I can do more. I'm working toward perfection. I'm trying to be the best ever.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Night, Go, More, Perfection

I'm always looking for perfection. Even after training and my coaches say I did good, I always think I could have done more.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Think, Always, Could, Perfection

What made me move up to welterweight was all the effort I was doing, to look at my health and have a good life. I wanted to stop sacrificing so much.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Doing, Made, Move, Sacrificing

I don't do fight camps anymore because I live in camp.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Because, Anymore, Camps, Camp

When you put the pressure on yourself, it's not good. If you fight afraid to lose, you wind up not fighting that good.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Pressure, Lose, Fighting, Wind

Everybody likes money. I like money. I need money to survive. But I don't love money. Money is not my god.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Love, Survive, Everybody, To Survive

Press conferences aren't the best thing to do, but it's part of the job.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Best, Press, Part, Conferences

I'm going to show the difference between the champ and second place.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Second Place, Going, Show, Champ

I'm the former lightweight champion. I want to fight one of the top guys. I don't want to fight a guy who isn't ranked.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Want, Guy, Former, Lightweight

I don't want to just be a champion, and I'm done with that. I wanna be a lightweight legend.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Legend, Want, Just Be, Lightweight

Now that I've achieved my goal to win the belt, I want to be the best of all times. I want to be remembered as the lightweight with most title defenses.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Goal, Want, Belt, Lightweight

I breathe martial arts every day of my life.

- Rafael dos Anjos

My Life, Every Day, Martial, Martial Arts

I think social media is good for promotion, stuff like that, but people are so negative. People are too negative. If you read the comments, it's just too negative.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Think, I Think, Read, Social Media

I always trained hard in my life to win the title, and I will train twice as hard to stay at the top.

- Rafael dos Anjos

My Life, Always, Trained, Train

I train to be the champion.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Champion, Train

I train to fight five rounds, but if we can end the fight in the first round, it's even better.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Better, Round, Even, Train

When you're a fighter, and you're not doing good in your work, that happens - you lost the fight.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Work, Lost, Doing, Doing Good

I didn't get any crazy sponsors. I don't have any extra sponsors since I got the belt.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Belt, Get, Sponsors, Extra

I am surrounded by great people.

- Rafael dos Anjos

I Am, Surrounded, Am, Great People

I've learned that the key is to fight with no pressure.

- Rafael dos Anjos

No Pressure, Learned, Key

Cerrone, he's a very good Muay Thai guy, very long.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Guy, Very, He, Thai

I talk the truth. I don't trash talk, I just talk the truth.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Truth, Talk, Just, Trash

I'm not a trash talker. I respect my opponents.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Respect, Talker, Opponents, Trash

I want to keep active, so when they called me to fight Nate Diaz, I agreed because I wanted to stay active. I got a little surprised because he was out so long, but he's a tough opponent.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Want, Active, Got, Surprised

Ever since I was 10 years old doing jiu-jitsu, I've done well against the tall guys.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Doing, Old, Against, Tall

People say McGregor is tall and all that. He's as tall as I am, or maybe even shorter. He might have a longer reach, but I've fought Nate Diaz and Cerrone, who had reach advantage, and fought Anthony Pettis and Ben Henderson.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Reach, Maybe, Fought, Tall

When I was 16 years old, I weighed 176 pounds.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Old, Years, Weighed, Pounds

I fought well at 155, but I don't think I ever came close to my best at 155. I think I'll get to my best at 170 pounds.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Think, I Think, Fought, Pounds

If you're out for two years, and you beat one guy with a full-time job, without disrespect, but we're talking about fighting for a world title. You can't just beat a guy that went there to cover some guy that got injured, and then this guy, after two and a half years, gets a title shot.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Some, Full-Time, Half, Disrespect

Just to be fighting for the belt, I was already happy. No pressure at all.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Happy, Fighting, Belt, No Pressure

I think between 2014 and 2015, I made weight five times in 11 months. During that time, I felt my body change. It was able to hold on to more weight. And anybody who makes weight knows that it gets harder and harder to make weight once you've done it that many times.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Body, I Think, Anybody, Harder

Man, Ben Henderson, Donald Cerrone... these guys are a different level, man.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Level, Guys, Donald, Different Level

I think Robbie Lawler is a good name and a fight that interests me.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Name, Think, I Think, Interests

People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Work, Believe, Very, Teammates

The whole world has American dreams. This country has people from all parts of the world. We have Irish who live here, we have Brazilians.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Country, Irish, Here, Parts

I get paid the same money if I'm fighting on pay-per-view or on Fight Pass, and Fight Pass is just getting started. It's the future. The Internet, many people watch it.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Getting Started, Pass, Paid

I want people to remember me as a guy who works hard.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Remember, Want, Works, Remember Me

It doesn't matter who they put in front of me, I just want people to remember me.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Remember, Me, Want, Remember Me

Coming from where I came from, I was born naked with no teeth. Now I have everything.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Born, Now, I Was Born, I Came

My goal is to always be improving my skills.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Goal, Skills, Always, Improving

I miss submitting people; I have a lot of confidence in my jiu-jitsu.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Confidence, People, Lot, Miss

Eddie Alvarez, man, he's a tough guy.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Man, Guy, He, Tough Guy

I beat Diaz, Pettis, Ben Henderson, Cerrone, and I earned it, man. I earned my title.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Beat, Earned, Ben, Title

It wasn't easy to get here, and it will not be easy to take my title away from me.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Here, Away, Take, Title

I think to get a title shot, you need to have some expressive winnings.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Think, Some, I Think, Title

I'm a big fan of Georges St-Pierre.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Big, Fan, Big Fan

It was tough to make weight against Cerrone, and I passed out three times making weight for the Eddie Alvarez fight. One day you get to the limit.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Against, Making, One Day, Eddie

Everybody talks. Anthony Pettis talked before the fight. Donald Cerrone talked before the fight. See what happened?

- Rafael dos Anjos

Everybody, Talked, Donald, Talks

A lot of people tell me I have to trash-talk more, but I got here with my fists, fighting, not with my mouth.

- Rafael dos Anjos

More, Tell, Here, Fists

I need talk more, call people out. It's not who I am, but I feel I need to do this more to bring more attention for me.

- Rafael dos Anjos

More, Need, Bring, Attention

I do things right. No shortcuts.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Right, Things, Shortcuts

I think it's a loser's mentality to get happy with somebody losing.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Think, Mentality, I Think, Loser

Nate Diaz is a tough opponent. I've fought him.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Tough, Him, Fought, Opponent

Cerrone is a great opponent. The guy won eight fights straight.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Straight, Won, Fights, Opponent

You have to respect your opponent.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Respect, You, Your, Opponent

Everybody needs money, but I'm a fighter. For what I make, I'm happy with what I make. The money is not everything; it's about honor.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Money, Needs, Everybody, Fighter

I'm a calm-headed fighter. I do my job.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Job, Fighter

I'm the kind of guy who always pushes really hard.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Kind, Always, Guy, Pushes

I wouldn't be where I am without Evolve.

- Rafael dos Anjos

I Am, Where, Am, Evolve

I think things will come once I get the respect that I deserve. Keeping my belt for a long time... Things will happen like normal. I can't force those things.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Think, Normal, Happen, Long Time

I want to do that. That's my goal. I want to become a legend.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Goal, Want, Become, Legend

Ben Henderson, he had never been knocked out before fighting me.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Never, Been, Before, Ben

I don't want to lose what I've won.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Lose, Want, Won

I'm the best in the world; thank you, Jesus, for that.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Thank You, World, Thank, Jesus

I'm always the underdog, and I go in there and win the fights.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Underdog, Go, Always, Fights

People see me because I'm winning my fights. That's how I want people seeing me.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Winning, People, Want, Fights

Power is natural, but it can be improved with a lot of work. It's been something I've focused on for a couple of years because I saw it as a place where I could make improvements.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Natural, Been, Couple, Improved

I'm confident, motivated.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Confident, Motivated

We have a lot of Brazilians in the United States. It doesn't mean we're traitors to our country.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Country, United States, Lot, Traitors

We have people around the world who live in the United States, and these people don't deserve to be called traitors.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Deserve, United States, Traitors

Brazil is on my side.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Side, Brazil

I like my life. I like competing, but it's not just because of the money.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Money, My Life, Just Because, Competing

When you want the belt, you have to work for it.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Work, Want, You, Belt

I think every fight is different based on who is fighting.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Think, I Think, Based, Fighting

I was tested against the best.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Best, Against, Tested

I have to take care of my family, my team, and my legacy.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Legacy, Take Care, Take, Team

If you look at my record, I have a clean record.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Look, You, Record, Clean

I fight because I like challenges.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Fight, Because, Like, Challenges

Every fight and every loss taught me something.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Me, Taught, Every, Loss

I still have a lot to do, a lot to improve.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Still, Lot, Improve

I think money comes and goes. What comes easy goes easy.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Money, Think, I Think, Goes

If I don't fight McGregor, I still have a good life.

- Rafael dos Anjos

Good, Fight, Still, Good Life

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