Leaving active duty was so I could become the best fighter in the world at my weight class.
— Tim Kennedy
You're always going to get an honest, straightforward response from me. Honest to a fault.
It's a good thing I have another job because the UFC doesn't pay very well.
If Katie Couric or Anderson Cooper asked me to come on to their shows and give them content every single day, I would do it because that gives me access to a huge population of people that I can hopefully, in some way, plant seeds in fertile soil, and those seeds would grow into oak trees of freedom.
The people that are close to me, the people that I spend most of my time with, they're all really like-minded people.
I love fighting and will always have the heart of a fighter.
Who would I be to be cowering to a bunch of gutless cowards acting like a bunch of tough guys online?
I've been part of task forces hunting the most evil humans to walk the face of this planet. I believe all of that was for a reason, because I love America.
I'm an eight-year Green Beret, Ranger, sniper.
I will always have that, 'I want to be the best fighter on the planet' thing in me.
I know I'm not a marquee name, and I'm looked past by most guys.
I understand what justice is, and I understand what freedom is, and all of my friends do. It's always been that way. I love freedom of speech. I love freedom of religion. I want my neighbor to be totally fine, for him to be a completely flaming gay guy with his new husband.
I remember every moment of every gunfight I've ever been in.
I'm the guy that once graduated Ranger School - a place that starves you and denies you sleep for over two months - and took a fight six days later in the IFL and won.
What's the definition of terrorism? It's to achieve an objective through the use of force and fear. These are just nasty, evil, disgusting human beings who disrespect human life.
Cold and fire has a way of creeping into the tiniest crack in your courage and finding that coward.
I got my hand slapped for talking about fighter pay. That was a big one. I had Dana White yell at me in front of, like, 20 other fighters.
I make, like, three or four times more when I don't fight than when I do fight. And, I'm one of the higher-paid guys in the UFC, which is remarkably tragic and pathetic.
Carlos Condit does the best job of being the counterstriking guy that is very elusive.
I freaking hate liars.
I want to thank the military community for their support. I'll never be able to explain how much you motivated me and how much I always tried to make you proud.
I'm the guy that is always in shape.
I love the idea of what America is. America is a bunch of people that do these incredible, thankless, selfless jobs that nobody really knows about that makes that American dream possible.
