Top 66 Joseph Benavidez Quotes

This is a lonely sport, the more family, the more laughs, and the more fun you can have, the better. At the end of the day, though, it’s one man‘s journey to try and be the best in the world.

Cruces is like my town, where I grew up, where my heart is… All the teachers and coaches and people who have really influenced my life are from there.

I’m never not motivated to train.

That was always the top martial artist – the Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt. Once I started beating them, I knew I had what it takes to form a new martial art. That’s when I came up with Joe Jitsu, my namesake, so my legacy lives forever through the martial arts.

You never want to get injured, of course. That’s just not what you do, but in the scheme of things 12 years of professional fighting and having to sit out nine, ten months for an injury is not that bad.

I never compromised my integrity by playing a character. I didn’t tweet anybody something crazy. I was just myself, kept winning and stayed ready. I didn’t sell my soul.

I don’t believe someone like Cejudo would be scared of somebody.

People do that all the time – they switch teams, switch coaches, switch camps.

Not having to compensate for always being at a size disadvantage allows me to unleash all of my skills.

My wife… so grateful for that. Nothing can be bad – going home and having someone making you feel like the best every day.

I lost and I didn’t die. I still had my health, family and people who loved me.

I wasn’t fighting in this sport from the beginning for any other reason than being the best.

You want to be respected by your bosses and peers.

We have physical therapy there now so any fighter with an injury in the UFC can come to Vegas and get treatment every day.

Fighting was the only way I felt self-worth, with people thinking I was the best.

You have to go out there and fight as hard as you can. You have to go out there and work as hard as you can and do the right things. Then you go out there and perform and either it’s good enough or it’s not.

Life is crazy. It goes in directions that you could never guess.

The title‘s the goal, not to beat Henry Cejudo. Because I already accomplished that goal.

That’s what Dominick Cruz does. He wins decisions and he has that down to a science. He’s great at it.

Some people, honestly, as simple as it sounds, aren’t going to log in and put in all their information to get a fight on Fight Pass. I mean, they’re just not going to do it.

I’m not going to bag on people and make funny jokes about my opponent. I just respect every opponent I go in against.

Taking punches to the face at six in the morning, it’s funny to hear that but, like, I’m grateful that I’m capable to do that.

I’m going to be world champion and have a belt, and people will correctly be able to say I was the best instead of I was very good.

And that’s what I want to do, fight the best guys, the toughest guys to prove I am the best.

For me, I’ve been a part of a super-team in Team Alpha Male for so much of my career.

Of course, in Joe Jitsu it is about a lot more than fighting. It depends on their style, their confidence, the way that their hair falls in the morning, the way that their clothes look. It’s more state of mind.

I want to fight the best guy. I don’t want there to be any question that I beat the next best guy in the division.

It makes you not believe in anything, when you do every single thing you can do right, and then there’s still some way to mess it up.

My goal is to be UFC champion, and my eyes are on that prize.

The destination is the belt, but you never arrive at just the belt. You’re always on the way to something else. You never truly arrive anywhere. But winning the belt, it’s a nice pit stop.

I’m not a guy who typically has an after-party. I like to have pizza in my hotel room with the people that went out to support me.

When you appreciate something and you’re grateful for it – like going in to work everyday or just your partner or your job – you just do it that much better because you’re lucky that you’re doing it.

The punches that don’t knock you out are the ones you feel the most.

Actually, when I don’t have a fight I’m training the hardest because I’m not worried about getting hurt.

I’ve always believed I was going to win a world title.

I remember this one time I had a dream about me writing a screenplay, and when I woke up, you know those dreams that feel so real, but I woke up and I was like, ‘Oh my god I have this amazing screenplay I need to write down as soon as I wake up’ and then I woke up and I was like what the heck was I dreaming of?

I was sitting in the nosebleeds eating hot dogs and watching Georges St. Pierre win the world title from Matt Hughes. Like never in my wildest dreams if someone would have tapped me on the shoulder and said, ‘Hey, seven years from now you’re going to be down there doing the same thing’ would I have believed them.

Fans are going to give you crap no matter what sexual orientation you are.

I will always believe in the team aspect.

You just gotta stay positive and take every day as a chance to improve and every practice. And every week you’re not having a fight, there’s a chance to improve.

I just need to remember even if I don’t get the title, I have an awesome life and an awesome family and friends.

Being the first flyweight champion would be history. I’d be immortal. No matter what I do, that’s always there.

I love crying. I pick movies to go see with the intention of crying.

Everything happens just like it’s supposed to happen; you’ve just got to roll with it and keep moving forward.

To me, the best part about winning the belt is hugging my wife after.

I’ve been lucky. I’ve been in that top two or three for 11 years at two weight classes. It’s been a crazy journey. It’s been awesome.

I want to prove I’m a great, exciting fighter.

This sport is crazy, it moves along and we all have a short memory. No one realizes when fighters are out. They just remember their last fight and how they look now.

I bought a house after the Loveland fight. I wanted something grown up like an elephant or some flowers to put on the mantel. I decided I need a UFC belt.

Cejudo would be awesome. It would be an honor to go out and fight an Olympian.

I’m in this sport for a long time and I’m going to continue to fight with my whole heart and put on a show.

I think there’s no one out there more deserving of a title shot than me.

I hate when people come out after a fight and they talk about injuries.

You’re always going to want to beat a person that beat you, just to prove you’re better.

Persevering is a fight. That’s what a fight is. You face something, you persevere through it, you meet it head on.

I always want to prove that I’ve improved.

I believe in my skill 100 percent, that I can go out there and beat Demetrious Johnson and give him the best fight there is.

Personally I think there is nothing like that in-fight experience.

Our first job is to go out there and fight – not to do backflips or have a mustache.

I knew I had to just keep believing, never lose sight of my purpose. As a fighter, you need to be delusional in a way. It keeps you going.

I never thought I was going to lose the first title fight. I was literally obsessed with the outcome only, and I couldn’t imagine any other way possible. I thought I was going to explode and die before I lost. But I lost.

The thing is, it’s really hard to be the No. 1 absolute best in the world at something, no matter what you’re doing.

That’s how you continue your passion and find inspiration; getting new ideas, getting new looks and new visions. Those are ways to evolve and stay passionate.

I’m so passionate and love the craft of movies and watch them over and over.

My dream has always been to be a UFC champion. It wasn’t to be a main event fighter.

I like to say I eat black belts for breakfast. They’re just great match-ups for me.