Several nutrition companies have approached me over the years to endorse a number of different products. Some worked; some didn't - so I decided to create my own brand.
— Chuck Liddell
Having 'The Ultimate Fighter' was the thing that did it for us, live fighting on TV. That's what we had to do, was get a live fight on TV. It couldn't have worked out better.
I think people liked the way I fight.
I don't change my style for anybody.
It's hard for me to fake smile. I personally think I look stupid fake smiling.
I've been on a lot of shows that I like, doing guest appearances and little things. I'm just trying to have fun with being retired.
I put myself through college.
Everyone says I drive like my grandfather, but that's not always a good thing because he didn't always watch the road because he'd talk to you and look at you. He was a deputy sheriff, a cop, for a long time. So he was always looking around, checking out other things, other than what's directly in front of him.
Jon Jones is a great fighter.
I was in 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' with Jack Nicholson. That was fun. I think I made, like, $33 or something. I got to miss a whole day of school, and when you're a little kid, that's cool.
It's hard for an athlete to quit what he's done his whole life.
My first contract I was offered by the UFC, or my second contract, it was 1-and-1, 2-and-2, 3-and-3. That's $12,000 for the year. Don't complain to me about fighter pay. It was $12,000 for a year, and it was exclusive.
I thought I could beat anyone in the world.
Supplements have always been a really big part of my training regimen.
With the fights I have lost, I always want another shot and think that I can beat them.
'Dancing with the Stars' was hard work. It was interesting and fun, too, but it was hard work.
My whole life, I've been training for something, whether it be baseball or football or wrestling or martial arts.
I'll take what I can get when I go high with a hook, but the side of the head makes a big target, especially if his hands are down.
We have come a long way from the first season of 'The Ultimate Fighter.'
I've always said that when I retire, I'll decide in the training room and not after a fight.
I have one way of fighting: I'm going to come after you, put hands on you, and knock you out.
I think the reasons I retired stay the same. I don't want to change my style. I can't take a punch like I used to for whatever reason. I've heard all sorts of theories as to why that would happen, but I can't do it.
I've got a family, and I get to enjoy my family, and I get to do different things, trying the movie thing a little bit.
I drove the Ford Ranger until probably five years after college, till about 2001, when I was almost 30.
You can't pick and choose who's going to win or who's gonna mess up.
I have had people that I was doing some promotion stuff with go, 'You know, we had an idea. We should have, like, a legends fight.' It's always that. That conversation always comes up when we're talking about doing some promotion for a company or helping them promote their league.
Mixed martial arts is great, and it's here to stay.
Everybody doesn't want to hurt to lower guys from getting paid, but it comes down to, it's a performance-based business. You get good, you win, then you get paid.
I'm probably not going to be popular with the fighters with this one, but my biggest problem is guys playing it safe. I understand it from a coach's standpoint and a manager's standpoint. I understand why you'd want to play it safe and want to win the fight, win every fight. I get it.
It's one of those things: I'm never gonna get over not fighting, I don't think, but I'm content with my decision to retire.
I like aggressive fighters who will come after me.
I'm competitive at everything.
I'd like to have all of my losses back. But it's too late for that.
Conor McGregor has a big mouth. But I do love the way he fights.
When I throw the hook, I think of my arm as a whip with a rock attached to the end.
My style of fighting is to go down and trying to finish the guy and trying to end fights, not laying up because I'm winning the fight, just keep going after it.
Some guys are gym fighters, some guys are better in the ring.
I tried in my career to be really good to fans.
I tell the guys all the time, 'if you have a good puncher, all the way in or all the way out.' Don't stay there and box.
I hate hearing in a UFC corner, 'You won the first four rounds; just stay away from him this round.'
I drove motorcycles through college. I didn't have the money to buy a car.
As far as losing fights, that's part of the sport.
I don't think the itch to fight has ever left me, ever. I mean, I got paid to do what I love for a living, and I got paid very well to do it. So that's going to always be there. That's always going to be like, 'Man, I wouldn't mind getting out there again.'
Anderson Silva is a tough guy, man. He's dangerous. He's got heavy hands, and he's not afraid to throw them. He's a dangerous opponent for anyone.
People got to understand, the fighters at the top are the fighters that are supposed to get paid because they're the guys that are bringing people in, bringing eyes to the TV, getting pay-per-views buys, and putting people in the seats. I mean, that's what it comes down to.
That's one of the reasons I retired. To stick around, the way I was fighting, I would have to start playing it safe. I went out on my shield. That's the way I liked it. I fought that way my whole career. I don't want to bore people my last three or four fights.
Everyone is on a fair playing field. It's safer for athletes, it's safer for the fighters - it's just a safer thing for fighters. So I think the USADA thing is good.
A lot of people are blowing Shogun's fight with Mark Coleman out of proportion. He was coming off an injury, and he gassed early on in his first fight back.
I don't like being bad at anything.
It's a very complex sport, so judging is going to be very complex, too. And not everyone is going to agree all the time on who wins a fight.
