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That feeling of getting your hand raised. It's hard to explain with words, you have to do it to understand the feeling of a 'W.' That's what drives me.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Explain
#Hard
#Me
#Understand
#Words
It feels like my life is much more than fighting in the Octagon.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Fighting
#Life
#Like
#More
#My Life
I've never been a talker. I've never been a good salesman when it comes to selling fights.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Been
#Fights
#Good
#Never
#Selling
I like to step into the Octagon and just show what I'm made of.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Just
#Like
#Made
#Show
#Step
It's a fun thing to do. Everyone thinks it's fun to shoot.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Everyone
#Fun
#Shoot
#Thing
#Thinks
Everybody in Sweden knows MMA now. It's mainstream.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Everybody
#Knows
#MMA
#Now
#Sweden
I'd like to be remembered as the greatest ever.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Ever
#Greatest
#Like
#Remembered
It's not always about reach, it's about footwork, it's being fast, in and out, stuff like that.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#About
#Always
#Being
#Fast
#Reach
The main thing I learned in San Diego was I can't do this and compete with the best guys in the world if I'm just doing MMA as a hobby. It has to be my job.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Best
#Doing
#Hobby
#Job
#World
I wouldn't duck anyone. I'll fight anyone.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Anyone
#Duck
#Fight
When you fight in the UFC and train with the guys that I train with, you learn that there is always still a lot of work to do.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Always
#Fight
#Still
#Train
#Work
There are so many things that could happen and will happen that are out of my control.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Control
#Could
#Happen
#Things
#Will
For an elite athlete the fans are everything.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Athlete
#Elite
#Everything
#Fans
A win is a win, but a decision for me is not an option any more.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Decision
#Me
#More
#Option
#Win
I'm not a trash talker, that's not my thing. But if someone asks me, I'm going to say what I feel and what I think.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Feel
#Me
#Say
#Someone
#Trash
I've been learning a lot in my years, it's not just the fight itself, its a lot mentally fighting each other, that's something I learned later days. I realize now it's very important.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Fight
#Fighting
#Important
#Learning
We used to see spectacular things with Jon Jones when he fights.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Fights
#He
#See
#Spectacular
#Things
I want to be the champion one day, but I don't want to get ahead of myself.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Ahead
#Champion
#Day
#Myself
#One Day
It's everyone's goal to be a champion and I'm no different.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Champion
#Different
#Everyone
#Goal
If I wasn't into MMA, I would definitely love to get into motocross. That is a much tougher sport.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Definitely
#Get
#Love
#Much
#Would
I think motocross is a much more dangerous sport than what we do. These guys are flying through the air at high speeds rising their lives. What we do in the octagon is not even close to what these guys do on the course.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Air
#Dangerous
#High
#More
#Rising
I do not want to be a journeyman.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Journeyman
#Want
I know I can beat Jon Jones.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Beat
#I Can
#Jon
#Know
I know I have the potential to beat DC.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Beat
#DC
#Know
#Potential
I will continue as long as I know I have the potential to be the best.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Best
#Continue
#Know
#Long
#Potential
I've got my speed, my precision. I have tools. I'm going to use them.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Going
#Precision
#Speed
#Tools
#Use
It is difficult, but you need to be honest with yourself as an athlete, and have a team telling you the right things, being honest with you.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Difficult
#Need
#Right
#Team
#Yourself
I learned I can't not be at full strength and fight.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Fight
#Full
#Learned
#Strength
If it was up to me, I wouldn't lose at all, but when it happens, that's when you have to show your real strength.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Lose
#Me
#Real
#Show
#Strength
I'm not satisfied with being ranked second and third.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Being
#Ranked
#Satisfied
#Second
#Third
I'm such a self-critic, that I find it hard to give myself credit for something.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Credit
#Find
#Hard
#Myself
#Something
I do not want to be in fights where people see me as an obstacle on the road. I want to be the man challenging.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Man
#Me
#People
#Road
#See
I do not want to be a fighter that people should beat to get a title fight.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Beat
#Fight
#Fighter
#People
#Want
That's what the sport is all about - stay busy and don't forget to have fun while doing it.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Busy
#Doing
#Forget
#Fun
#Stay
Things change very quickly. You have to be prepared and ready and on your toes at all times.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Be Prepared
#Change
#Ready
#Things
#Your
I'm going to show everyone my real potential and I know I have the potential to be the best in the world.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Best
#Know
#Potential
#Real
#World
A loss is always a loss.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Always
#Loss
It's hard to just go one day from another to being one of the best fighters in the world to just stop doing what you love to do.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Best
#Day
#Doing
#Love
#World
I am a fighter and it's what I do, what I live for.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Am
#Fighter
#I Am
#Live
It's not always shine and good feelings in training. But when it comes down to it you need to have that happiness and motivation in training.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Feelings
#Good
#Happiness
#Training
#You
If you just train because you have to train, it's not the right reasons.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Because
#Just
#Reasons
#Right
#Train
I'm a pretty big guy so heavyweight for me it comes very naturally.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Big Guy
#Big
#Guy
#Me
#Pretty
For me to train good, I need a goal.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Goal
#Good
#Me
#Need
#Train
You have to improve; that's how you develop.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Develop
#How
#Improve
#You
One day you are on the top, the other day you're on the bottom. That's how it works.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Bottom
#Day
#How
#One Day
#Top
I win over Anthony Johnson six out of seven days. But, the only thing that wasn't supposed to happen, happened.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Days
#Happen
#Only
#Seven
#Win
When you're fighting a guy like DC, he's just coming in and pushes you. You have to push him back.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Back
#Coming
#Fighting
#He
#Push
When you take that step to watch a fight you lost, it's takes some courage.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Courage
#Fight
#Lost
#Step
#Take
I'm a kinda strong person and kinda heavy.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Heavy
#Kinda
#Person
#Strong
I didn't and still don't watch sport all that often, but I did see all the Pride fights back in the day, which is when I first saw MMA and I felt that's something I really want to do.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Back
#Day
#First
#Pride
#See
I try to always eat something good like protein pre-workout.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Always
#Good
#Protein
#Something
#Try
I often eat a lot of food when I eat and I eat maybe three or four times a day. I eat a good breakfast I have a protein shake or something between breakfast and my workout. After working out I have a shake and then eat lunch.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Breakfast
#Day
#Food
#Good
#Lunch
I can eat almost anything and still keep weight as long as I'm training hard.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Anything
#Hard
#I Can
#Long
#Training
You can't relax, even for a millisecond in this sport.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Even
#Relax
#Sport
#You
As a person, I learned that I could push myself.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Could
#Learned
#Myself
#Person
#Push
I'm just a dog person. I love my dogs.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Dog
#Dogs
#Just
#Love
#Person
Yes, I think I have talent.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#I Think
#Talent
#Think
#Yes
DC is smart and he's a big inspiration for me. Thirty-nine years old and two belts. I can't really trash the guy and I can't really have beef with him.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Big
#Me
#Old
#Smart
#Two
DC is a big boy, as tall as he is wide.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Big
#Boy
#He
#Tall
#Wide
I thought I was ready for a title shot after I beat Shogun.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Beat
#Ready
#Shot
#Thought
#Title
I try to understand the sport more and more as I develop, and I try to be a better fighter overall and work on everything, not just every aspect, I try to combine it too. I work on it every day, and I try to be a better fighter in every practice.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Better
#Day
#Every Day
#Practice
#Work
I'm an athlete, so giving a suit a casual look is important to me. Sometimes I wear sneakers with my suit or I will wear a blazer, tie and collared shirt with jeans.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Important
#Look
#Me
#Shirt
#Will
I tend to keep my suit look casual but I like a good pocket square. It can change the look of any suit and give it an 'old school' feel. My preference is to make the square unique - different from the tie and suit color, so it really pops.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Change
#Feel
#Good
#Look
#School
Vests are for more than just function - they are fashion.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Fashion
#Function
#Just
#More
#Than
As a 6'5' guy, the suit fit is extremely important. Getting a suit made for my body means it will fit in all the right places. For me, I look for a suit that fits well in the arms and shoulders and allows me to move... after all, I'm a fighter, so it needs to give me room to breathe.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Body
#Fighter
#Important
#Look
#Me
I'm not one to trash talk my opponents. If the talk is on, then let's go, I'll say the truth - nothing more or less. But it doesn't affect me in my competition.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Competition
#Go
#Me
#Nothing
#Truth
I love the sport. I don't have to work. It's a kind of work we're doing, but if you can do what you love every day, that means something.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Day
#Do What You Love
#Doing
#Love
#Work
I try to get better with every fight - my boxing, my wrestling, my jiu-jitsu, everything.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Better
#Boxing
#Everything
#Fight
#Try
I'm not a decision guy. I want to finish guys.
- Alexander Gustafsson
#Decision
#Finish
#Guy
#Guys
#Want
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