Quotes from Andrei Arlovski

After each fight I go home to my wife and son and I talk to them about what our family should do.

I have only white or black; I don't want the gray. Everything or nothing.

Chicago is a great city and I love coming back each and every time and thinking about all the great memories I have made here.

If I can be heavyweight champion of boxing, I have to try. That is why I want to train myself in professional boxing.

Tim Sylvia is 6-foot-8, 265, and Fedor beat him, so that showed that size doesn't make a big difference.

I showed my chin was fine when I fought Tim Sylvia in the Philippines, when our fight was a no contest. He landed a good straight right hand at the end of the first round and I was fine. I survived and knocked him out.

The bad blood between me and Tim Sylvia, it's over, and that's it.

When I found out I was fighting Tim Sylvia it was the best day of my life. I don't like him, I don't respect him and I will have no problem kicking him in the head and stomping on his body. It will be fun.

I used to think nobody can beat me, and then Tim Sylvia beat me twice.

Young blood keeps you alive. It's keep you on your tippy toes.

I asked Strikeforce to release me.

I am honored to step into the ring with a great fighter like Fres Oquendo.

After my loss to Rogers, I had a meeting with all my trainers and they kind of gave me the ultimatum that you have to do it our way, or you have to look for some different trainers. And now I've become more discipline.

Greg Jackson gave me hope after four losses. After my last loss in the Strikeforce grand prix against Kharitonov, I gave him a call and asked him if he thought I should retire. Some of my trainers, some people told me I had lost it. He said, 'Absolutely not. Just come to Albuquerque,' and gave me that hope.

I really appreciate Greg Jackson. I'm going to stick with him until I'm done fighting, and that's it.

Greg Jackson, he gave me hope you know. He told me listen, you're absolutely not done yet. You have a lot of work to do. If you want to start everything from the beginning, just come to Albuquerque. Come to my clinic. He's a very smart guy and he's a very educated coach, and I enjoy working with him.

I had a chance to work with Cain Velasquez, Mike Kyle and this was great. And I remember how Bob Cook all the time he did conditioning, yell all the time, 'You have to do better.' He pushed me all the time so I really appreciate him. It was a great experience for me.

I've become smarter, more disciplined and more hungry.

I have improved my kickboxing, and I am very good on the ground.

No more flying knees against Fedor Emelianenko, no more getting back with my hands down like how it was against Rogers. I just can't do that anymore.

I didn't stick with my game plan, I didn't take Rogers serious and the result, he knocked me out in less than 20 seconds.

I have to trust my trainers 100 percent.

After I lost to Kharitonov, some of my trainers said, 'You should retire. Arlovski's done.' The most embarrassing thing for me was that people that I trusted, they didn't tell me right to my face. They made some gossip behind my back.

It doesn't matter how much it's going to cost me, what I have to do, sooner or later, anyway, I'm going to have what I want.