Tito Ortiz Quotes

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My biggest enemy has been my surgeries.

My biggest enemy has been my surgeries.
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UFC, take me off your list. Take me off your Hall of Fame.
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I’ve been through every surgery that any athlete has ever been through, and I’ve prevailed through it.
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I don’t have to prove anything else in this MMA world.
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I fought with integrity and heart and determination like no fighter has ever done.
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The UFC makes about 99 percent of the money, and the rest goes to the fighters. That one percent ain’t nothing compared to what they make on merchandising, on pay-per-view, and everything else they make around the world.
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I don’t see myself any higher than anyone else.
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I’ve seen everything during my career.
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The ‘Apprentice‘ was tough, tough work. It was all for charity, so I was thankful for the money Donald Trump gave me when I was fired.
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I’m a Trump guy. I wasn’t in the beginning, of course. I’m Mexican, when he said we need to take all the Mexicans out of United Stateswell, good luck on that one. They’ll find a way to get back here anyways.
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I’ve had two neck surgeries, a back surgery, three knee surgeries, eye surgery, but I keep bouncing back. I won‘t go awaykind of like a virus. I don’t go away. I keep coming back stronger and stronger. I’m contagious.
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They eat clean, they don’t drink sodas, they don’t have fast food. My kids eat like pro athletes.
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Every fight is won in the gym. The hard part of our job is getting in the gym every day, six days a week.
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I am one of the guys who really capitalized on the ground-and-pound game and am very vicious on the ground. I let go of a lot of elbows and cause a lot of damage.
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After having my first surgery in 2003, having an ACL replacement, I never thought I’d be able to compete again.
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Life’s too short. Too short to hate.
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I punish the guy until the referee pulls me off or until he says ‘no more,’ and he taps. I don’t want to leave any doubt in his mind that he had a chance.
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I’ve been able to mature and improve my mixed martial arts game completely; I just never stop learning, and whenever I think I know enough, I just keep working and do more.
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I’ve struggled to get respect and dignity for my profession, and I do it in the way I lead my life as a fighter and as a human being.
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I’m very thankful to Bellator.
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Wrestling encompasses hard work, dedication, sacrifice, and determination – there’s just nothing like it in any sport.
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I understand my limits. I’m not going to go out there just to fight for money and to put on a show for people at the risk of my own health. I won’t do that.
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At the end of the day, when I step in that cage, I’m there to fight for my name. It’s not about money; it’s not about who’s gonna win or lose. It’s about me winning. That’s all that matters.
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Us fighter put our lives on the line to entertain the fans that watch.
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I’m just so intense when I fight, and I think a lot of fans love that.
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The fight game and the commentary game are two different worlds.
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I’ve had an ACL replaced in my left knee, ACL replaced in my right knee, 50 percent of my meniscus taken out of my right knee, lower back fusion, C-6, C-7 fused in my neck, C-5, C-4 disk replacement, C-4, C-3 fused. I have 26, 27 concussions, hundreds of stitches. I’ve been through the grinder.
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I did my job to make my name a household name.
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I’m an entertainer. I love to fight.
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I remember from the very beginning when I walked out at UFC 40, when we had the big lights, the flames, everything. Fans want to see entertainment.
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Retiring as the champion and being the only athlete to ever do that, I think goals like that are set in the mind. I want to make that happen.
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The whole bad-boy image was for the cage, and that’s it. It wasn’t an act because it came from a passion for fighting.
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For me, boxing’s like checkers, and MMA’s like chess – there are so many ways to win the match. It’s not barbaric; it’s boxing, kickboxing, Jiu-Jitsu, wrestling, cardio and it’s all reached such an amazing level. As fans learn more about the sport, they just fall in love with it.
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I want to be remembered as a fighter with integrity. A fighter who did it this way, who has respect because he wanted to push the envelope for the fighters.
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I made the wrong decision myself in my career. I tried to battle against the system. I should have never done that, but I didn’t have anybody else who showed me how to do it before. I did everything on instinct.
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I was smart enough to save my money. I invest. The biggest thing you can invest is something they don’t have a lot of, is land. I own a lot of it.
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I’ve tasted the dirt side. I’ve tasted being broke. I’ve been in the dumps, I’ve lived in motels as a kid. I want a different opportunity for my children. I never want them to see those things.
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I love to compete.
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I did what JonBones‘ Jones couldn’t do, and that was finish Bader in a minute and fifty-six seconds.
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Chuck Liddell’s a puppet.
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Scott Coker’s been amazing to work with.
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I always knew I wanted to have a family because I didn’t have one growing up.
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Wrestling has always been a dominating force in UFC.
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Tito Ortiz vs. Chuck Liddell III, the fight that all the fans wanted to see for the longest time and never got a chance to. I never got a fair shake when I was with the UFC against Chuck, any of the times I ever fought against him.
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My kids come first on all measures.
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In my mind, I know I’m one of the greatest. I know other people don’t think that, but in my mind, I know I’m one of the greatest.
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A lot of guys who I fought, they beat guys who were No. 1 contenders, and that’s why I fought them.
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I had my first fight at UFC 13, and it was just one of those things that become second nature to me.
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I don’t wanna fight a street fighter.
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I know what it feels like to be broke and alone, and I don’t ever want my loved ones to see that or know what it’s like.
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In the UFC, at first we were like a family, but then it turned corporate. In Bellator, we’re family.
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I put my heart, soul, and body into this sport.
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I have all the money I want. I don’t need any more money.
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I do charity work for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital and the USO. I made all the money I’m ever going to need – all my family is every going to need – so I try to give back to the community.
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I love doing films, action films, anything I can get into that is produced at a high level, really use my skills.
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Shlemenko wants to make his name off of Tito Ortiz. He’s not the first person ever to do this. People have been trying to use my name ever since I was the champ.
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I have a great surgeon that put me together.
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I’m invested in the UFC, but I’m invested in myself at the same time, showing everyone that I am one of the greatest.
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I fight on emotions. When I don’t fight on emotions, I don’t fight well. I fight on emotion, because I’m in for survival.
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