I'm actually pretty frugal with my money.
— Stipe Miocic
When my wife was getting a lease for her Jeep Cherokee, and I saw a Dodge Ram Sport, I thought, 'Oh wow, it's amazing.'
I never thought I would get so much support, and it means the world to me. Nothing could ever get better than that.
Junior Dos Santos is one of the best heavyweight fighters of all time, and he has proven it by being a champion. That is something that I want to be in my career, and I understand to achieve that, I have to beat guys like him.
All you can do is the same as any other fight: whoever they put in front of you, you go in there and try to get the W.
I fell for my own hype. I had too many people saying I couldn't be beat, and I actually fell for it.
Fabio Maldonado jumped up to heavyweight for our fight, and while he wasn't ranked, he is a super-tough dude and had never been knocked out before.
It would be a dream if I was able to fight in Croatia.
I'm just happy the city has something to be proud of. The Cavs, the Indians, the Monsters. It just shows that we are the land of champions.
I just want to work hard and have good fights.
I love this city. There's Cleveland pride in it for me. Everyone has each other's backs here.
When I do become the champion, I'll still be a fire fighter.
I am always going to be the same guy. The fireman that lives in Cleveland.
I'm going to be the champion for a long time.
I trained for about a year before I had my first amateur fight. I won by knockout, and then, for my second fight, the guy didn't even show up.
I've done things that weren't good, you know, but I made up for my mistakes.
I think everyone has knockout power. I mean, it's the heavyweight division.
I traded my 2002 Silverado in for the Trailblazer, and after my second fight, I got a win bonus. It was the knockout-of-the-night bonus, $50,000, and I paid the rest of my car off, and I gave it to my mother because I had a sponsorship with a Chevy dealership.
Whoever they want me to fight, I'm going to fight. So I really don't care.
I'm a Cleveland guy, man. I love this city.
At the end of the day, it's a fight, and anything can happen.
You can look at it and say I'm doing this better or that better, but the bottom line is, I just learned to be mentally tougher.
There is still so much room for me to get better. Everyone in this sport evolves so quickly. You could take six months off and come back to a totally different game. That's why I'm always in the gym working. Even if I don't have a fight lined up, I'm still in there working to improve my overall game.
I've fought the best guys in the world, and I've beat the best guys in the world.
I'm the best in the division. I know I am.
Cleveland people are crazy; that's why I live here.
I like helping people.
I love baseball and love the Indians and all the teams here.
I like winning, and I worked too hard to get where am at now. I'm not giving it up.
I'm never going to change who I am for the UFC.
I just want to fight. That's all I want.
I've got a great team around me. They keep me working hard; they keep me focused.
You are a role model to people. You gotta make sure you're doing the right thing.
I do miss the Avalanche. That's the my favorite car of all time, but that Dodge Ram Rebel has overtaken the Avalanche; I just love that truck. It's got good vents in the hood; there's no running boards underneath, so I can go Baja-ing if I want to, off-roading.
Listen, I'm the champ, and I'm not going to pick and choose who I fight.
Someone sent me a picture of Werdum on the ground after I hit him... There was 2:16 left, and the area code for Cleveland is 216. They played 'Believeland' that night, and the next day it snowed, and everyone said Hell froze over because the curse was broken.
I've got power. I don't throw hard every time. I just throw shots.
I make no excuses. Stefan Struve was the man that night. He earned his win fair and square.
In the fight with Hunt, all I can say is it was a good night for me. I'm happy to get out of there without taking too much damage, and I'd take that every time.
Listen man, Andrei Arlovski is a tough guy, but he hasn't fought the caliber of opponents I've been fighting.
The UFC has a great plan for us. I'm just happy I'm employed by them and can pay my house bills and everything.
Cro Cop is one of the best in the world and such a great guy. It was awesome to train with him. There's nothing better than working with him, and it was a great experience.
I think I train too hard.
I'm going to do what I want to do. If he wants to go to the ground, that's fine. I'm a wrestler.
I don't care about history; all I care about is winning.
I told you I'm the best in the world.
I'll always be a firefighter, no matter what.
My day job keeps me grounded. When I show up to work, I'm not some star fighter or anything, I'm just Stipe. I'm going to keep working in my hometown as long as I can.
Everyone has 4 ounce gloves on, and they're big boys, and they can throw hard.
