Quotes from Andrei Arlovski

I don't really care what people said that Arlovski should retire.

My lifestyle is completely different from what it was before, I am not 23 years old anymore, I am focused on training and fighting, not night clubs and partying.

Every morning, when I wake up in camp, I remember what I want. I want to be champion of the world again.

I believe that we will see a lot of great champions come out of the Philippines.

Mickey Rourke is a legendary guy. I watched him taking photos with literally everyone who came up to him. He never turned the fans down.

When I was a kid, all the walls in my room were papered with posters portraying Jean-Claude Van Damme, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. I think working with Van Damme was a great experiment. It was awesome!

I don't know how the crowd is going to react in my fight against 'Bigfoot.' I think they are going to be on his side, but a few people I know are going to be on my side, so I wanna fight for those people.

Sometimes I was a little bit - not cocky, but not so nice, you know?

I spent a lot of time in a boxing gym but I concentrate on everything, wrestling, the Jiu-Jitsu and everything else.

Every fight since I lost in the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix, every step for me is very important. Every fight becomes harder for me, more important for me than the previous fight.

My priorities are my family and my career.

I try to show good technique - boxing technique, wrestling technique, jiu jitsu technique.

When I left the UFC, it was a good business decision for me at the time, but it's good to be back home with the promotion where I made my name. When I would fight in other organizations, people would be like, 'Oh, the Arlovski, you are UFC fighter, right?' And of course, that's how everyone knows me.

I want to be the best and I want to fight the best fighters.

Filipino fighters are very tough, they have great heart every time they step into a ring or a cage.

First of all, my beautiful wife... she lets me do what I love to do.

The heavyweight division, if you land a good, good punch in the right place, everybody is going to fall.

Definitely I don't want to be a punching bag for some other fighters who's gonna make some name, records off of me.

When I have free time between fights I might do a movie, because it's a lot of fun.

As a fighter, from my fighting experience a problem for me was I never too much stick with my game plan.

Be smart, fight smart and stick to the game plan.

I lost my fight against Brett Rogers because... I didn't follow my game plan.

I want to be a champion and I want to be No. 1 in the world again because I know the taste of glory and the taste of being on top of the world.

It's just easy to stay on the couch and say something. Just put your gloves on and step in the octagon with someone.