60 Sensational Quotes From Demian Maia | Status Free Download
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I don't sell myself. I am what I am. I'm a role model for a lot of people, for my kids. I don't want to just change because I want to make more money.
— Demian Maia
My loss to Marquardt was just one of those things. I made a mistake and got caught. I think I had a lot more to offer in that fight, but he caught me before I had a chance to show it.
— Demian Maia
I started training judo when I was 5 years old. I didn't know much. My mom just took me and my brother to do some judo because we were very energetic. We did that for a couple of years. I don't know why we stopped, but I came back to try other forms of martial arts like kung fu and karate when I was 12 and never stopped.
— Demian Maia
I want to show in a violent sport like our sport, you don't need to hurt anybody in order to win.
— Demian Maia
Submitting is always the most important thing to me. Victory first, but with a submission is what I always want.
— Demian Maia
Jiu-jitsu fighters usually have an advantage in longer fights even though MMA has breaks between rounds.
— Demian Maia
To me, when you're not as hungry to train hard and learn new things and get better as you once were, I think it's time to stop.
— Demian Maia
I was never a playboy, you know? But it's easy to say that because it's just a stereotype. 'OK, this boy did college so he must be a playboy.'
— Demian Maia
When I was 16, we get kicked out of our house because my mother and my father were separated, so we didn't have money to pay. We got kicked out and had to live with my grandmother, sleeping in the living room, for many years.
— Demian Maia
Things can change quickly in the UFC. I lost to Nate Marquardt in my first loss as a middleweight and then I defeated Dan Miller and fought for the title against Anderson Silva.
— Demian Maia
I think that people believe in lies and they repeat the lies so many times that the people start to believe, 'ah, Demian is not fighting for the title because he doesn't sell.'
— Demian Maia
I know my mission is not just to be a champion, I mean, being champion would be great and I want to be one, but it's not under my control, you know.
— Demian Maia
All of my fights, I try to end the fight. That's my style.
— Demian Maia
I don't like winning in a violent way.
— Demian Maia
It's hard to be in the UFC one year.
— Demian Maia
When I see wrestlers fight, they train a lot of boxing because they don't want to end up on bottom.
— Demian Maia
People always go to the ground with me trying to just hold me. They stall and wait for the referee to stand them back up so they can start it all over.
— Demian Maia
I think sometimes the fighters aren't very clear on things, and even myself, I'm a fighter, a lot of fighters make mistakes about working their image and how they market themselves.
— Demian Maia
The day I stop aiming for the title, I will stop fighting.
— Demian Maia
Everything I did in my life was about the title, but that's too much pressure over me. When I relaxed more, even my performance became better.
— Demian Maia
Sometimes I don't talk too much, that's myself, but I truly believe I can be the champion. I feel, I can visualize that.
— Demian Maia
I will always go for the submission instead of hurting my opponent.
— Demian Maia
A lot of people came up to me and said you need to trash talk. That's not me.
— Demian Maia
I know I have a lot of fans, and it's a big mistake try to please everybody.
— Demian Maia
For the title, I would do anything.
— Demian Maia
We are athletes, and we work very hard in our way to the title.
— Demian Maia
I'm really happy to be able to live my life doing what I love.
— Demian Maia
You can trade money for other good things and that's nice, but it's not the first thing that matters to me. I'm a martial artist and I have other priorities.
— Demian Maia
I will fight everywhere, but I trust a lot on my jiu-jitsu.
— Demian Maia
A lot of people underestimate Jake Shields, but his results speak for themselves. He's tough to beat.
— Demian Maia
I'm a name that can be as a co-main event or a main event and people want to see.
— Demian Maia
Playboy in Brazil is like a rich boy, but I've never been a rich boy. My family is not rich. Actually, I help all my family.
— Demian Maia
I had my first professional fight was in 2001 in Venezuela - it was also my first international trip away from Brazil. It was a great experience. Then in 2005, I went to Finland and won. The next year there was a tournament in Brazil with three fights in one night. I was the underdog and won all three fights.
— Demian Maia
I want to be remembered as a guy who goes out and represents the art of jiu-jitsu.
— Demian Maia
Seminars, TV shows, documentaries, always spreading Brazilian jiu-jitsu. I'm an instrument of this art more than a character myself.
— Demian Maia
Fights are fights. It's a cliche, but it's true, you can never know how they'll go down for sure until you do it.
— Demian Maia
In general, I think longer fights benefits jiu-jitsu fighters because the other guy can make mistakes.
— Demian Maia
I went to college. I did that but I worked at the same time, and I trained.
— Demian Maia
When I started to strike a lot back in the days I lost a little bit my jiu-jitsu. It's normal.
— Demian Maia
Marketing is everything.
— Demian Maia
When I watched the first fight between Woodley and Thompson, and I want to make clear that I really admire both guys, for me the fight was really boring at UFC 205 because nobody pulled the trigger for three rounds. The fourth round there was a scramble and that was really exciting, but then the fifth round was so-so again.
— Demian Maia
I believe in my jiu-jitsu.
— Demian Maia
I come to grapple.
— Demian Maia
When I fight, nobody boos. Everybody likes it. Everyone cheers for me. I'm happy about that, because I'm one of the guys who is putting the grappling and jiu-jitsu on the level where people are interested in the technique. I can get people excited about it.
— Demian Maia
The striking game is always a lottery game, so I prefer to take the safe situation. Submission is the best for me. I'm the guy looking for it all the time.
— Demian Maia
Don't get me wrong - I love going to academy every day and training as hard as I can; I love to learn. But I have other plans. When you are in the UFC, you gotta save 80 percent of your time for that. I want to do other nice stuff, other things that give me pleasure also.
— Demian Maia
If we fought like the old days, with no time limit, it would be better to work. We only have five minutes to work per round so it's complicated, especially because everybody knows that my ground game is good.
— Demian Maia
Sonnen, to me, he's a great athlete, but he created that image so much for himself that people don't think he's that good. They just think he talks. So I think it's a risk you run when you do that.
— Demian Maia
I think I adapted well for MMA.
— Demian Maia
I was always very, very focused, just thinking about the title.
— Demian Maia
Jiu-jitsu teaches you not to hurt your opponent, and that's inside of me.
— Demian Maia
I'm a jiu-jitsu guy and that's my root.
— Demian Maia
That's why I love jiu-jitsu, this is the best martial art in the world. It's an art that seeks the peace, to dominate your opponent.
— Demian Maia
I'm not going to sell myself just because I want to be a champion, just because I want to make more money, you know?
— Demian Maia
When you get asked if you want the title, you really need to push for that. That's why I want to do it my style, not do it so loud, but I want to fight for the title.
— Demian Maia
For the title, if they say, 'Ok, let's sit and wait,' I will sit and wait because I know it's a once in a lifetime opportunity.
— Demian Maia
Everybody needs money, obviously, but that's far from being the most important thing in the world to me.
— Demian Maia
I didn't choose this career for money. When I started training, I did it because I liked it, and I never had money for anything in my life.
— Demian Maia
I lived in Barueri for a long time, and now I live in a city close to Barueri, so it's like my backyard.
— Demian Maia
A loss is horrible, and it's even worse in the UFC.
— Demian Maia
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