All these guys that want to act tough and act like they're hard in the street, that's cool, man. I'm glad you want to act hard, and your emotions are driving crazy, but you need to get out of your feelings, nerds.
— Colby Covington
Guys have a lot more to worry about when they're fighting me than they do fighting Khabib. He's just one-dimensional.
I'm not out to please everyone.
The real reason Tyron Woodley doesn't want to fight me is because the last time we were in the gym together, I broke him.
There's never any issues with Colby 'Chaos' Covington. I always do the right things.
I'm a company man. I'll go wherever the UFC wants me to go.
It's not OK to condone violence because of free speech.
If the UFC wanted to give me Warlley Alves, I would show them how chump change he is. And I'd show them how much of a fluke it was that he caught me in a lucky submission.
Tyron Woodley can't top me, and Demian Maia has no chance to stop me.
Tyron Woodley knows how good I am.
I'm not just a wrestler anymore. I'm a very well-rounded fighter.
'Star Wars' is for nerds and virgins.
I'm looking for three belts. I'm looking to do something that's never been done in this sport. I wanna go down to 155. I wanna go up to 185 and take the belt.
Being at American Top Team, I get the best fighters and best trainers in the world.
I think that people live in safe spaces these days; they don't want to deal with the controversy and the drama.
When I fight, people are going to watch me fight. They're not gonna turn the channel to 'Real Housewives of OC' like they will other fighters.
Every time the UFC offers something, I just take it.
I get paid a lot of money to go in there and fight on pay-per-view. I'm not fighting in the street.
I can beat people on the feet; I can beat people on the ground. It doesn't matter.
I'm the bad guy of the division.
You can't live off your past.
Every time the UFC brings me out, I'm always professional. I'm always on time. I make weight.
You can't come in and invade people's personal space because of free speech.
It gets a little tough when you're cutting weight to travel all over the place, when you want to focus on really getting yourself ready to peak for your fight.
If I can't do one thing, which is a lower body exercise, then I'm gonna use my upper body, and I'm gonna get stronger upper body. If I'm not getting stronger upper body, I'll be working on my cardiovascular - swimming or other exercises where I can get my heart rate up.
Demian Maia is a one-trick pony.
Everybody in the world knows how good I am.
I've really taken a lot of time to work on my Karate, worked on my kickboxing, and Muay Thai.
Robert Whittaker hasn't been that impressive. He got knocked out by choir boy Stephen Thompson.
I don't really feel like rankings mean anything.
In the wrestling world, we say the Judo guys are just the leftover wrestlers that couldn't make the wrestling team.
I'm the biggest draw. I do the biggest numbers in this division, and it's not even close. There's a reason all these guys want to fight me. They don't want to fight Tyron Woodley. Because I'm the biggest fight and the biggest draw in the division.
I'm in this to be the best fighter in the world, to put on entertaining shows, and to please the fans.
I'm the ultimate professional.
I'm the most well-rounded fighter on the planet.
If the UFC doesn't like what I'm doing, it is what it is.
I'm the most hated guy in the division.
Who retires before they even get to the UFC? Losers, that's who.
Ben Askren, the only thing we have in common... I have a real belt. He has some belts from back in the day that don't even matter anymore.
You can't come up and attack someone because of free speech.
Ben Askren is a joke. The guy has no skills.
I'm always training, whether I'm training my mind, or I'm training my body. I'm always doing something.
I'd probably be, like, a 2-to-1 favorite over Woodley if we fought.
I'll use wrestling if I need to in fights, but maybe I'll fight another wrestler, and you'll find out how good my striking is.
I know that my grappling is up there with any grappler in the division.
I'd love to go to Russia and silence that crowd and give the Russian fans something to cry about.
As far as standup goes, I really feel like I can stand and bang and trade with anybody in the game.
Usman's a scrub, man. He's not relevant. No one cares about him. People don't want to see him fight.
Everybody's calling me out. Why do you think everybody wants to fight me? I'm the money fight.
I've never asked for more money, not one time in my career. I fought Demian Maia for $30,000. The No. 2 guy in the world, I was fighting for $30,000. So I don't care about money.
