Kids will tell me ‘oh I want to be like you when I grow up,’ you know. I just thought ‘nah, don’t be like me, be like you,’ because first of all they don’t really know me but second of all I understand what they’re trying to say but I just let them know – be like you. Israel Adesanya Read Quote
I want to defend my belt against all the middleweights that are the biggest threats supposedly before I jump up in weight. Israel Adesanya Read Quote
I’ve done it in kickboxing, I’ve done it in boxing. After you clean out a division, you move up in weight. Israel Adesanya Read Quote
My first stadium show was in China, it was a 50,000-seat stadium. I think 40,000 showed up. Israel Adesanya Read Quote
If you visibly compromise someone or hurt someone, or hurt their vision, you’re not supposed to still just stand there and wait for them to come to you. Israel Adesanya Read Quote
A lot of guys just can’t handle the spotlight and the pressure, so they shy away from it, like ‘oh, I don’t want to be in it.’ That’s never me. Israel Adesanya Read Quote
