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Rafael dos Anjos Quotes

We have a lot of Brazilians in the United States. It doesn’t mean we’re traitors to our country.

– Rafael dos Anjos

I fight because I like challenges.

– Rafael dos Anjos

People don’t believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.

– Rafael dos Anjos

Cerrone, he’s a very good Muay Thai guy, very long.

– Rafael dos Anjos

You can promote fights – of course, you have to – you can say ‘I’ll beat you’ or whatever, but you cannot put family, religion, anything like that in the mix. You need to separate things. That is a line a lot of fighters cross.

– Rafael dos Anjos

Ever since I was 10 years old doing jiu-jitsu, I’ve done well against the tall guys.

– Rafael dos Anjos

My goal is to always be improving my skills.

– Rafael dos Anjos

I think things will come once I get the respect that I deserve. Keeping my belt for a long time… Things will happen like normal. I can’t force those things.

– Rafael dos Anjos

I didn’t get any crazy sponsors. I don’t have any extra sponsors since I got the belt.

– Rafael dos Anjos

Power is natural, but it can be improved with a lot of work. It’s been something I’ve focused on for a couple of years because I saw it as a place where I could make improvements.

– Rafael dos Anjos

I do things right. No shortcuts.

– Rafael dos Anjos

I just have to go out and fight my fight and fight to win.

– Rafael dos Anjos

The way I train, the way I spar, I’m out of my comfort zone every single day, and you can see the result in my fights.

– Rafael dos Anjos

I still have a lot to do, a lot to improve.

– Rafael dos Anjos

I’m going to show the difference between the champ and second place.

– Rafael dos Anjos

I’m confident, motivated.

– Rafael dos Anjos

If you’re out for two years, and you beat one guy with a full-time job, without disrespect, but we’re talking about fighting for a world title. You can’t just beat a guy that went there to cover some guy that got injured, and then this guy, after two and a half years, gets a title shot.

– Rafael dos Anjos

A lot of fighters come from Brazil. We’ve been doing this for long, long years.

– Rafael dos Anjos

I’m always the underdog, and I go in there and win the fights.

– Rafael dos Anjos

It wasn’t easy to get here, and it will not be easy to take my title away from me.

– Rafael dos Anjos

Bro, how are you going to tap on the neck, on the choke? Go to sleep, man. Be a man.

– Rafael dos Anjos

I don’t do fight camps anymore because I live in camp.

– Rafael dos Anjos

Brazil is on my side.

– Rafael dos Anjos

Man, Ben Henderson, Donald Cerrone… these guys are a different level, man.

– Rafael dos Anjos

I’ve learned that the key is to fight with no pressure.

– Rafael dos Anjos

If I take two years off, I would want to fight as much as possible.

– Rafael dos Anjos

I don’t want to just be a champion, and I’m done with that. I wanna be a lightweight legend.

– Rafael dos Anjos

If I don’t fight McGregor, I still have a good life.

– Rafael dos Anjos

If you look at my record, I have a clean record.

– Rafael dos Anjos

It was priceless. Being the UFC champion and having my kids in the Octagon, my wife, them holding the belt. That was like a movie.

– Rafael dos Anjos

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