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Tough times not only make you stronger, but you grow from those experiences. The same is true with fighting. You have to lean into it.
— Cub Swanson
Digging down and finding out where your head is at when a fight is about to come, I used to get to a dark place and that's not really a place I want to go anymore. I got kids, I enjoy my life and I'm having a good time. I don't feel like I need to go there anymore.
— Cub Swanson
I know I'm not trying to fight past 40 so I'd like to get in as many as I can and keep the train moving.
— Cub Swanson
When you treat your career early on really crappy, you can't expect to be in a good position. That's just the way pro fighting is.
— Cub Swanson
I realize that I put my body through a lot, but I've always thought at the same time if I was a plumber or any kind of worker in that industry, which a lot of people that I grew up with are, I would imagine that their bodies feel the same, their backs are wrecked.
— Cub Swanson
I definitely think that a lot of these fighters should be taken care of long-term. But I feel like we're in that kind of situation where it's, like, the early NFL players. We're the ones that kind of set the standard, and then the next generation are probably going to get all the benefits from us growing the sport.
— Cub Swanson
I think that one thing that I've prided myself on is that tough situations make for tougher people and that was one of my goals as well getting into this sport, I wanted to be a tougher human. I wanted to be a tougher man and basically when I had kids I'd be able to be like a superhero to them, and I feel like I'm accomplishing that.
— Cub Swanson
All these tough times that I've had in my career, I've just been able to prove that I can persevere and to me that means everything.
— Cub Swanson
When I was super young, and everybody who has been in fan of mine from the WEC days, I was just tough as nails, fearless and that's what made me tick. I'm not those things anymore. I'm fearless, but I plan ahead. I'm strategic. I'm smarter, and I'm just a different person than I was.
— Cub Swanson
I've got so much respect for the Gracie family and all they did for the sport.
— Cub Swanson
We all know what it's like to have the ups and downs in this sport.
— Cub Swanson
I'm not one of the guys who talks a lot, I don't enjoy that, I've always believed in just going out there and putting on the best show possible.
— Cub Swanson
I understand I'm an entertainer and a fighter as well.
— Cub Swanson
In my whole career, I've never fought for a belt, so that's something that I would like to do, or at least have the opportunity to do.
— Cub Swanson
If I never fought for the belt, it wouldn't bother me. That whole song and dance gets tiring, and it's a lot of playing favorites. I've just had it dangled in front of me so many times, I'm just like, whatever, man.
— Cub Swanson
Just give me the big fights and pay me to show up and let me do my thing, and I'll go home and hang out with my family and do my thing.
— Cub Swanson
I'm just not going to let anybody build their name off of me.
— Cub Swanson
I love fighting for the UFC, it's been awesome for me.
— Cub Swanson
My passion is with the UFC.
— Cub Swanson
I don't want a broken jaw again.
— Cub Swanson
If you want to be the best, sometimes you get the raw end of the deal. It's life.
— Cub Swanson
I want to test myself.
— Cub Swanson
You look at my fight with Holloway, I don't even tell my corner I broke my hand and I broke my jaw and I fought three rounds. That's just what I do, in my mind I'm thinking I can still win this, I can still win this. That's your thing is to never give up.
— Cub Swanson
You almost need somebody to say, look, another day, in boxing that happens all the time. The coaches will say I'll give you one more round, if it looks the same I'm not going to allow you to keep going out and taking damage.
— Cub Swanson
When you're on a win streak, your confidence is high, and it means everything in your camp has been working and it means you're on the right track.
— Cub Swanson
This sport definitely saved my life. I was messing up and headed in the wrong direction. I was never a bad kid or anything like that. I just, you know, like many people, just kind of wanted to rebel and to do something different.
— Cub Swanson
The thing is, I've had many tough fights in my career, all for different reasons. So I think all those together is what makes me the fighter I am now. The biggest fight I've ever had is against myself - whether to give up or not.
— Cub Swanson
Every fight I'm excited to get out there and do better. I put a lot of pressure on myself to go out there and be better.
— Cub Swanson
I'm a fan of many fighters but as soon as they start looking at me, the fighter in me comes out and I'm like, 'You better watch your damn mouth.'
— Cub Swanson
I think my speed and awkwardness is hard to deal with for any fighter.
— Cub Swanson
I think fighters for a long time, were afraid to pull out of fights for many reasons. Like sitting on the shelf for a long time due to not having as many fight cards back then. Feeling like a wuss, disappointing the boss and fans, or just needing the money.
— Cub Swanson
I think many fighters could go pro in another sport. When it really boils down to it, it's because we are the best athletes in the world.
— Cub Swanson
I want people to know that anyone, from anywhere, can make it as far as they want, as long if they are willing to do what it takes.
— Cub Swanson
I've always trained hard and I've never slacked.
— Cub Swanson
Footwork isn't something you hear people talk about too much but it's something as fighters we have to be able to utilize.
— Cub Swanson
I'm fast and I move well so I know how to come in at weird angles and keep my feet under me. I'm looking for that power shot and I might not be able to fire off anything after it if my feet aren't under me. Footwork is a huge part of my game.
— Cub Swanson
I think the criticism Coach Greg Jackson gets is ridiculous and it makes me angry.
— Cub Swanson
As a fighter, your hands are always hurting.
— Cub Swanson
Being the more experienced fighter absolutely gives you added confidence.
— Cub Swanson
I like to stand and bang.
— Cub Swanson
You should be who you are and not be somebody you're not.
— Cub Swanson
I think money isn't everything.
— Cub Swanson
My goal in this sport is to be the best version of myself that I can be.
— Cub Swanson
I decided to pursue MMA after training Brazilian jiu-jitsu for about a year and seeing my first fight. I told myself, that looks scary but I think I could do that.
— Cub Swanson
I always thought I would make it as a professional athlete but I thought it would be playing soccer.
— Cub Swanson
I believe the UFC knows I'm capable of fighting the top guys and that I'm willing to take them all on.
— Cub Swanson
I've always believed that fighters owe the fans a show. I'm a fighter and my job is to beat the man in front of me, but, I want to do it in a way that is memorable to people.
— Cub Swanson
For a little while I kind of shunned away from the media and just concentrated on my skill sets and performing and I got that down.
— Cub Swanson
I'm not the biggest media guy, I just like to fight.
— Cub Swanson
I feel like my work speaks for itself.
— Cub Swanson
I feel like when the public, when the fans are ready to see me fight for the title, whoever they want to see me fight, then that's what I need to do cause that's my job.
— Cub Swanson
I have so many plans inside and outside the Octagon.
— Cub Swanson
The younger generation of fighters, they want to try to make a name for themselves. They want to be something that they're not.
— Cub Swanson
I'm not going to shy away from a brawl.
— Cub Swanson
When I think less and just go out there and perform, I do my best work.
— Cub Swanson
I don't beg.
— Cub Swanson
The ability to lean into adversity is something I've always had.
— Cub Swanson
When someone throws a power shot and you want to counter, you have to lean into it as you block it so that you can come right out with what you are throwing. If you roll away or lean back, it's going to knock you off balance, and you won't be able to counter the punch. Being able to do that comes from experience, and life is the same exact way.
— Cub Swanson
Any time I've been knocked down, I've come back even better. I think everyone knows that about me.
— Cub Swanson
When my family urged me to retire, it made me re-evaluate everything for the first time.
— Cub Swanson
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