Wrestlers tend to do good in MMA because they tend to be just some tough guys. It’s not a karate situation where they grew up their whole life punching the air; in a wrestling situation, you grab a hold of another human being every day. Chael Sonnen Read Quote
Every fight day, I just stay in my room the entire day, and I just stay in bed. I sleep as late as I can, which usually isn’t very late; I’m kind of an early riser. But I try to just stay there in bed. I don’t usually eat the day of the fight. I don’t eat until after the fight. Chael Sonnen Read Quote
I’m a wrestler, so I’m used to not being paid, and I’m used to doing five or six competitions a day and paying someone else to allow me into the event. Chael Sonnen Read Quote
People bring it up to me: ‘Well, you’re only in your spot because you can talk well.’ Okay, first off, you could be right. But second, what – am I supposed to apologize for this? No. Chael Sonnen Read Quote
All sin and all crime comes from the same thing: ‘I decided. I decided this was okay.’ Chael Sonnen Read Quote
What you don’t want is for somebody to not care. Whenever they have no feeling at all, that’s bad. Even if they kind of like you or they kind of don’t, that’s also bad. It’s got to be a strong emotion one way or the other. Chael Sonnen Read Quote
Every time you win, you get another fight. Every time you get a fight, you get promotion, marketing, and media. Those things are what makes stars. Chael Sonnen Read Quote
I see a lot of people try to come out and copy me, duplicate me, and give it the old college try, but at the end of the day, there’s only one Chael Sonnen. Chael Sonnen Read Quote
