“I don’t care if I win or lose; I know I’m going to give 110%, and I’m going to hold my head high at the end of the day.”
― Roy Nelson
“I’m more than a fighter and not just a pretty face.”
― Roy Nelson
“If you’ve got a mortgage, and you’ve got bills to pay, you might tend to do some stupid things.”
― Roy Nelson
“You’d prefer to fight somebody that you really would rather derail their whole career.”
― Roy Nelson
“I really enjoyed playing rugby. I loved the camaraderie with the other athletes. It was kind of like fighting. Team fighting.”
― Roy Nelson
“You learn from your mistakes, and you grow from them.”
― Roy Nelson
“I’m always interested in furthering our sport. Like, I would love to be a correspondent newsperson, somebody who informs the fans a little bit more and able to bring a little more closure to our sport where it’s more of a black and white as opposed to the gray area.”
― Roy Nelson
“I made more from sponsorship than I did from fighting. I did that for the longest time.”
― Roy Nelson
“I just don’t want to be one of those guys that’s stuck fighting the same opponents again and again.”
― Roy Nelson
“Do I have fat cells on my body? Everybody has fat cells. Do I have more than most other athletes? Probably.”
― Roy Nelson
“There are athletes out there trying to get every advantage they can, including things like muscle and low-fat percentages. I feel if I’m the better fighter, I’m the better fighter.”
― Roy Nelson
“If you paid me $2 million, I’m sure I could lose my belly. But I don’t get paid to look a certain way. I get paid to win fights. That’s what I concentrate on.”
― Roy Nelson
“I always thought the best part about sports was the bigger, faster kids who were supposed to be more athletic than me – I always beat.”
― Roy Nelson
“MMA is all about putting on a show and entertaining the fans, and that’s the one thing I’ve known from the get-go.”
― Roy Nelson
“Conor McGregor has a beard because of me, because I’m the one who allowed it. If it wasn’t for me, none of these guys would have a beard. The same thing with the belly. Fighters who don’t look like bodybuilders wouldn’t be in the UFC if it wasn’t for me. There’s a lot of things I’ve definitely paved the road for.”
― Roy Nelson
“I think I’d probably shine really well in a team sport, but as everybody knows, I don’t handle politics very well. A lot of team sports has a lot of politics. Individual sports, it’s all about me.”
― Roy Nelson
“I always want to fight for the belt. I don’t really care.”
― Roy Nelson
“What’s wrong with being a two-sport athlete? You’ve got Deion Sanders. You’ve got Bo Jackson. You’ve got Michael Jordan; he wasn’t a very good baseball player. There’s nothing wrong with crossing over.”
― Roy Nelson
“We’re in the entertainment business. As much as people would like to say it’s sport, it’s definitely entertainment.”
― Roy Nelson
“We handle it from both sides of the coin: from the sport aspect and the entertainment aspect. You gotta have both because we’re if not doing solid ratings, we’re not going to be on TV.”
― Roy Nelson
“Do I want a shot at the belt? Yes, of course I do. Put it this way: I am Barry Sanders on the Detroit Lions. You love to watch me, but you’ll never see me play in the Super Bowl. It’s just one of those things. It’s about politics. It’s not about fighting.”
― Roy Nelson
“I’m always down to give the fans what they want.”
― Roy Nelson
“It all comes down to money. If the money is right, I’ll fight anybody, any time. I’ll hit my grandma in the face if the price is right.”
― Roy Nelson
“I stopped trying to think about how the UFC operates. It’s like trying to understand a woman.”
― Roy Nelson
“I think the WWE is a great place for professional athletes. Floyd Mayweather did it. Mike Tyson has done it. Even Donald Trump has appeared in the ring.”
― Roy Nelson
“I think WWE is a great.”
― Roy Nelson
“I guess everybody is doing a movie thing, so I’m doing the ‘Scorpion King 4.’ My role in the movie is as one of the king’s guards, with a very original name: Roykus. Apparently, back in the day, everybody’s name was ‘us,’ so ‘Roy’ plus ‘us,’ and put a little ‘k’ in there: Roykus. I’m one of the royal guards, and I do my own stunts like Jackie Chan.”
― Roy Nelson
“I’m always looking ahead, not backwards.”
― Roy Nelson
“There’s some guys where I’m like, ‘I won that fight and only lost because of the judges,’ or I got cheated or whatever. I know I’m a better fighter.”
― Roy Nelson
“For me, having pneumonia and losing to Mir doesn’t sit well.”
― Roy Nelson
“I definitely envision myself in politics at some point.”
― Roy Nelson
“I’ve always looked up to Big Nog. He’s a legend in the sport and has the mentality that so many fans love, and it’s what got me into fighting. He’s a man’s man and a real fighter.”
― Roy Nelson
“If you’re a true MMA fan, you’re going to want to have Fight Pass the same way TV and movie fans have Netflix.”
― Roy Nelson
“I think what it is, is that fighters have become business people. I actually love what I’m doing. When you’re a business person, sometimes you think of it as, ‘Ah, it’s work.’ I love what I do, but then, on the other end, some guys do this as a living.”
― Roy Nelson
“If you go into ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ and you’re just gonna go in there to get just one fight and win… the premise is to win the whole thing. When I went in, I wanted to win the thing or be cut.”
― Roy Nelson
“The one thing about working with Scott Coker – I’ve never heard a bad thing about Scott Coker. And that means a lot, especially in our sport.”
― Roy Nelson
“All I know is that Stipe gave me inspiration because if Stipe can be that UFC champion, and they actually gave him a title shot, then I’m like, ‘Ah, I do have a chance.’”
― Roy Nelson
“I have plenty of sponsors, and I’m the first American that Pretorian has sponsored.”
― Roy Nelson
“Some athletes can master two sports, but most are only good at one.”
― Roy Nelson
“We’re in a very individual sport, but they like us not to be so individual. They’d rather have you look like every other cookie cutter guy and have you believe that you’re replaceable when you’re really not.”
― Roy Nelson
“I’ve never had any complaints about my coaching ability.”
― Roy Nelson
“I’ve coached UFC champions and stuff before I ever started fighting.”
― Roy Nelson
“I only fight clean fighters. I’ll fight anybody in the UFC that’s clean. Or dirty. Or clean.”
― Roy Nelson
“You just got to remember that mine and Dana White’s relationship is like we’re a husband and wife. I do the man’s stuff around the house. I do the fighting, all the man’s stuff, and he does all the woman stuff – all the yapping.”
― Roy Nelson
“I just like to be entertaining.”
― Roy Nelson
“I’m not surprised to be the coach on ‘The Ultimate Fighter.’”
― Roy Nelson
“There’s a difference between business acquaintances and friends. I consider a friend any time we eat together at the same restaurant, or he’s eaten at my house, or I’ve eaten at his house.”
― Roy Nelson
“I probably train just as hard or harder as everybody.”
― Roy Nelson
“With MMA, there are so many ways the fight can go; that’s the drama. You don’t know what’s going to happen next.”
― Roy Nelson
“With boxing, sometimes you’ll watch the first three rounds, then you’ll change the channel and turn it back in the 10th round. With MMA, you have to watch all 15 minutes. You’ll want to watch every second.”
― Roy Nelson
“I think Fedor is one of those guys who capitalizes on a lot of people’s mistakes, and nobody capitalizes on his mistakes.”
― Roy Nelson
“If Dana White said he wanted to fight heavyweight, everybody would watch that fight tomorrow just because they want to watch Dana get beat up or win or whatever it is.”
― Roy Nelson
“I’m not a UFC athlete. I’m a UFC fighter.”
― Roy Nelson
“I like to actually fight. It’s just in my blood.”
― Roy Nelson
“I’m one of those heavyweights who’d like to fight as often as possible.”
― Roy Nelson
“Jiu jitsu 101: make the other guy do all the work.”
― Roy Nelson
“If you can’t beat me, you need to get some new coaches or something.”
― Roy Nelson
“I just want to be agreeable; I want to be a pleaser. And that’s all I want to do. I want to please the fans or the haters. One or the other.”
― Roy Nelson
“I’m just a fat guy.”
― Roy Nelson
“Stipe’s one of the top guys in the UFC. He wouldn’t be in the UFC if he wasn’t one of the best in the world.”
― Roy Nelson
“I’m usually looking to wrestle and grapple, but I guess the knockouts just happen.”
― Roy Nelson
“On any given day, I know on any given day I can beat anyone else and knock out anyone else out.”
― Roy Nelson
“A lot of people out there are bullies, and they pick on people and call people names. You need to grow up from that, and you need to become a better person.”
― Roy Nelson
“Stupid can’t fix stupid.”
― Roy Nelson
“I am a student first, teacher second.”
― Roy Nelson
“Everybody hates a whiner.”
― Roy Nelson
“If you made the choice to get in there and fight, you have to accept accountability for whatever happens.”
― Roy Nelson
“I’d fight anyone I’ve ever lost to.”
― Roy Nelson
“Carwin, he seems like he trains for five one-minute rounds. That’s his championship fight, apparently.”
― Roy Nelson
“You have all that muscle on you, you’re going to get tired. That’s why I prefer to be fat.”
― Roy Nelson
“My goal is to always fight the best in the world and put on a show for the fans.”
― Roy Nelson
“I think Lesnar could probably beat Fedor, just from pure size.”
― Roy Nelson
“A good wrestler, with good jiu jitsu and great boxing, can beat Fedor.”
― Roy Nelson
“I think I’d do pretty well with Fedor.”
― Roy Nelson
“I guess there’s a showmanship in fighting.”
― Roy Nelson
“I think just more that it’s okay for fighters to have a self-esteem. I think I’ve kind of shown that that’s okay. And as long as you put the hard work in, you can accomplish anything.”
― Roy Nelson
“I go where the fans want me.”
― Roy Nelson
“The only thing that’s going to be more epic than Roy Nelson fighting Mark Hunt is Roy Nelson fighting for the belt. Those are two fights that I know fans want to see.”
― Roy Nelson
“The one thing about the heavyweight division or, actually, just being in the UFC, anybody can win, and anybody can lose. You’re competing with the best in the world.”
― Roy Nelson
“Our sport was founded on the tournament.”
― Roy Nelson
“What brought me to Bellator was Scott Coker, Viacom, and one of my good friends, Mike Kogan.”
― Roy Nelson
“One of the things in marriage is you have to understand what appreciation is about, and that’ll keep me for longevity. That’s why my fans love me, because I appreciate them. Because with no fans, there would be no sport, no fighting for me, no UFC, no Bellator, no Rizin; there’d be nothing without the fans.”
― Roy Nelson
“I can always fight the best in the world.”
― Roy Nelson
“Anytime I come to any organization, I have my sights on the belt.”
― Roy Nelson
“The thing is that anybody in the heavyweight division can be champion any day just because of one punch.”
― Roy Nelson
“The one thing that always sucks about me is that I’m just a fighter, and I just love to fight.”
― Roy Nelson
“To me, everything is a joke in MMA when it comes to serious topics because you can’t really talk seriously about anything in our business.”
― Roy Nelson
“We’re in this business to make money, but then nobody wants to talk about how much money we’re making. That’s serious, but nobody will talk about it.”
― Roy Nelson
“I’m always down to fight a legend of the sport.”
― Roy Nelson
“MMA has a lot of those things that you’re not allowed to talk about; like, they’re completely off-limits. So you have to make a joke out of it.”
― Roy Nelson
“I just remember I used to go to each tournament to make a couple bucks. I did as a living thing; I got paid to do martial arts, so I’d go to these jiu-jitsu tournaments and make, like, $1000 every time I won the tournament.”
― Roy Nelson
“When I grappled, I never even trained for a grappling match.”
― Roy Nelson
“Just go out there against the best fighters in the world and see where I stand. That’s what I want.”
― Roy Nelson
“I think with every heavyweight, there’s a style that makes for a different fight with different fighters.”
― Roy Nelson
“That was the best part of the Pride guys – they’d go out and entertain. They’d either get knocked out or knock somebody out; they were always trying to finish the fight.”
― Roy Nelson
“Anybody that was from the old Pride days is a fighter.”
― Roy Nelson
“TV makes you look taller and fatter.”
― Roy Nelson
“I relate more to 90 percent of America because I look like ’em, act like ’em. I’m not above anybody; I put my pants on the same way. Some guys try to live up to their persona. I’m just me.”
― Roy Nelson
“When you think what Big Country could be, I could be that guy.”
― Roy Nelson
“For me, the biggest thing with Overeem, he’s a K-1 champ, Strikeforce champ, DREAM champ, you name it. He’s had every belt in there.”
― Roy Nelson
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