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There are two guys that I think are underrated - Thiago Tavarres and Tyson Griffin.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Guys
#I Think
#Think
#Two
#Underrated
I don't have any superstitions, because I am a Christian.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Am
#Any
#Because
#Christian
#I Am
Bellator is indirectly creating the stars division - I'm 42 now - where stars fight each other.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Creating
#Division
#Fight
#Now
#Stars
My return was interesting because Bellator gave me a stage that was worthy of the return of Wanderlei Silva. I was the main event, sold out.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Interesting
#Me
#Return
#Stage
#Worthy
Sometimes I fight with my heart, then I open myself way too much.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Fight
#Heart
#Myself
#Sometimes
#Way
I just opened a free, public MMA gym in Paraiba, so why can't Curitiba or Sao Paulo have one? No money? Someone needs to do this.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Free
#Money
#Needs
#Someone
#Why
But I was born in the real world, I'm from the streets.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Born
#I Was Born
#Real
#Streets
#World
My career is over because I don't have the stage to perform where athletes get the proper respect.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Because
#Career
#Over
#Respect
#Stage
It's normal to be under pressure. I'm fighting professionally for 15 years, and it's always been like that.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Always
#Fighting
#Like
#Normal
#Pressure
My Hall of Fame are my fans.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Fame
#Fans
#Hall
People have to be more careful in traffic. It's hard to ride bikes in Curitiba.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Careful
#Hard
#People
#Ride
#Traffic
I'm against all types of drugs and steroids, but the athlete has the right to have a private life. He has to be clean on the day of the competition. Out of competition, that's his life.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Competition
#Day
#He
#Life
#Private Life
If it wasn't for us fighters, who have carried the sport on our backs since the very beginning... without fighters there is no fight, there's no event, and no show.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Beginning
#Fight
#Show
#Us
#Without
I don't even drink.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Drink
#Even
I want to be tested until my limit.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Limit
#Tested
#Until
#Want
Of course we always want to win, and train for it, but I also care about the quality of my performance. I want to provide a great spectacle for those who are at home.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Care
#Great
#Home
#Performance
#Quality
I'm against steroids. Steroids are bad.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Against
#Bad
#Steroids
I've made it very clear to you all that I will never again fight for this promotion, the U.F. Circus. Fixed fights, and I can prove it!
- Wanderlei Silva
#Fight
#I Can
#Never
#Promotion
#Will
If you go out and make a show and put your heart on the line every time, the people will respond to that and the promoter won't be able to say anything.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Heart
#People
#Show
#Time
#Will
Lyoto makes it very difficult to knock him out, he escapes well and moves very well.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Difficult
#He
#Knock
#Makes
#Well
Shogun vs. Lyoto is a fight that no one can miss. It's hard for me to say anything because I'm great friends with Shogun. I'm cheering for Shogun. I'm friends with Lyoto as well. I like him and I respect him and admire him as a fighter, and outside the ring, he is a great example to all of us.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Fight
#Fighter
#Great
#Me
#Respect
The active fighters can't speak up or they will be fired. Because this monopoly doesn't allow for a free market. We have to free the fighters so they can fight wherever they want.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Fight
#Free
#Monopoly
#Speak
#Will
If you own an event, it's your job to make sure the athletes are satisfied when they fight.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Fight
#Job
#Make
#Own
#Satisfied
Sometimes, people say, 'You need to fight smart.' After a fight gets started I don't know what happens with me. I feel crazy. A lot of times my coach says, 'Calm down. Calm.'
- Wanderlei Silva
#Calm
#Crazy
#Fight
#Me
#Smart
If you have a young student, don't let him take too many punches to the head. There's the right moment to do a hard training, but it can't be every day. A good coach takes care of your student.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Care
#Day
#Good
#Moment
#Training
I lost six months of work due to throwing open punches and took a punch on the chin.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Lost
#Open
#Punch
#Six
#Work
Shogun is the most talented guy I've ever seen.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Ever
#Guy
#Most
#Seen
#Talented
A bout between champions has to be considered a big show.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Between
#Big
#Champions
#Show
The UFC are promoting a lot of cards and there are a lot of fights that people even don't know that will happen. But Wanderlei Silva vs. Dan Henderson would sell very well.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Cards
#Happen
#Know
#People
#Will
It's not news that I want to face Vitor Belfort or Chael Sonnen.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Face
#News
#Want
You can't fight like a machine, like you are worried about what the promoter is going to think.
- Wanderlei Silva
#About
#Fight
#Like
#Machine
#Think
I've had a couple knockouts, but I feel good.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Feel Good
#Feel
#Good
#Had
#I Feel
People talk, talk, but when it's time to fight me, they all wanna hug me.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Fight
#Hug
#Me
#People
#Time
I like the octagon because there are no corners; there is nowhere for my opponent to go.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Because
#Go
#Like
#Nowhere
#Opponent
I'm so happy to have my first main event in the UFC.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Event
#First
#Happy
#Main
#UFC
The emotion that I have going into the Octagon and from the crowd is unbelievable. It's priceless.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Crowd
#Emotion
#Going
#Unbelievable
XYIENCE is a great brand, and they've also worked to help inspire my team of amateur fighters.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Brand
#Great
#Help
#Inspire
#Team
For many athletes, an injury can mean the end of a relationship with a sponsor. XYIENCE stood behind me in my time of victory and they continued to do so when I became injured. This means a great deal to me.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Great
#Me
#Relationship
#Time
#Victory
I fixed my nose, and now I'm breathing better, snoring less.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Better
#Breathing
#Less
#Nose
#Now
I won't fight just to fight, I'm fighting to win.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Fight
#Fighting
#Just
#Win
But what astonished me is that this Croatian, this Mirko Cro Cop guy, called me the best in the world, a legend in front of me, but behind the computer he's talking a bunch of crap. What kind of man are you to say this crap online and not to my face?
- Wanderlei Silva
#Best
#Face
#Man
#Me
#World
I'm a professional; I'd never fight against Mirko or anyone else not being prepared.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Against
#Fight
#Never
#Professional
I don't like jokes.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Jokes
#Like
Sonnen always appeared as the nice guy, consoling his fighters, while my scenes were all of me with ugly face. It was biased.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Always
#Face
#Me
#Nice
#Ugly
You need to respect the body. We're not 22, 23 years old. I'm 35.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Body
#Need
#Old
#Respect
#Years
UFC have the best fighters.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Best
#Fighters
#UFC
People love my style because I'm so aggressive.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Aggressive
#Because
#Love
#People
#Style
I like taking on the tough guys.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Guys
#Like
#Taking
#Tough
I don't think about my losses. I only think about winning my next fight and preparing for my next fight.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Fight
#Losses
#Next
#Only
#Winning
How can someone who has never been slapped in the face talk about the greatest fighter of all times?
- Wanderlei Silva
#Face
#Fighter
#Never
#Someone
#Talk
My second bout with Cro Cop was the hardest. I had a serious injury in my eye during the fight and he knocked me out in the second round. I think it was the closest I've been to death.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Death
#Fight
#Injury
#Me
#Serious
I don't use PEDs or steroids, I have never used it and I've never had any problems in that area.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Area
#Never
#Problems
#Steroids
#Use
Like people say, it's very hard for a good professional to retire.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Good
#Hard
#People
#Professional
#Say
That stadium, Saitama, has given me some of the best moments in my career.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Best
#Career
#Me
#Moments
#Stadium
The power from the punches come from your legs.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Come
#Legs
#Power
#Punches
#Your
If I could leave a tip for the young guys, it would be don't hit yourselves every day.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Day
#Every Day
#Leave
#Tip
#Young
Everybody has a savage instinct.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Everybody
#Instinct
#Savage
No more corrupt politicians stealing from us.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Corrupt
#More
#Politicians
#Stealing
#Us
Sometimes I put my heart in front of my technique.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Front
#Heart
#Put
#Sometimes
#Technique
I talk to my guys and I tell them, 'You have to fight in a way that you don't give the promoter a choice but to bring you back.'
- Wanderlei Silva
#Back
#Choice
#Fight
#Talk
#Way
I am a beloved athlete all over the world.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Athlete
#Beloved
#I Am
#Over
#World
You have to be able to take a punch. A strong neck is really important.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Important
#Neck
#Punch
#Strong
#Take
I would like to fight in Brazil, but we can fight in Japan or even in the United States. But if it really is against Dan Henderson, I would like it to be in a soccer stadium in Brazil.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Against
#Fight
#Like
#Stadium
#United
I was in a lecture about concussions and of the 10 symptoms the guy mentioned, I had eight. The symptoms would be, for example, mood swings, getting angry very fast, forgetting some things, having difficulty sleeping.
- Wanderlei Silva
#Angry
#Fast
#Mood Swings
#Mood
#Things
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