Issue 062
May 2010
“Us fighters control our own destiny. In order for me to continue to fight, I’ve got to win.”
Roger Huerta
“It wasn’t until a time that I just stopped taking them that I realized I needed them just to keep on functioning. At that time I had become an addict and I was hooked on them. I needed to get caught. I needed to get in trouble for it and wake me up and get off of those things. I didn’t know to speak to a doctor about it. I just kept on using the prescription drugs. Since I’ve had that suspension I’ve been drug free. It’s been the happiest time of my life.” James Irvin
“I feel really, really good at 185lb. I feel strong and fast, and my cardio is really good again. Now I had to adjust because I am so small for guys like Forrest [Griffin] at 6’2”, 6’3”. All the guys fighting at 205 today are big.” Wanderlei Silva
“You either are a fighter and you fight or, as we say it in Poland, you won’t make a skylark out of a crow. Even if you have the best coaches in boxing, wrestling, jiu-jitsu, but the disciple doesn’t have the ‘it factor’, he will never become a world champion. I know it because I’ve already become one.”
Mariusz Pudzianowski
“Have you ever played the Streetfighter video game? Do you remember the level where you had to beat a car up? It’s the same with Brock Lesnar. What are you going to do? Go out and practice by sparring with a truck? How do you train for somebody like that?” Pat Barry
“I am a big video game guy. My screen name is RampagexUFCx2 but most people don’t believe it’s me, they be like ‘Huh, some guy thinks he’s Rampage.’ I just be laughing but some people know my voice and they’re cool.” Rampage (who has already said he won’t accept everyone’s friend requests!)
“I watch those World War II movies where it’s like six days into a death battle, and they’re in those dirty trenches, and all the guys in the movie are filthy and shooting at each other, and the enemy’s like ten feet away in another ditch. I like that. That’s the only place in the world where I flourish. That’s the only place in the world I excel – under extreme pressures and situations.” Tim Credeur
“I didn’t make a lot of friends in the beginning when I was turning down a lot of the fight-specific brands. But I really saw from the beginning – when I started working with Georges – that he had the potential to transcend the sport à la Tiger Woods or Michael Jordan.” GSP’s manager Shari Spencer on sponsorship deals
