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" We're fighters. We go out there, and we'll open a window of opportunity, and they're only open for so long, and we have to take advantage of that time right then. When I did it, I was 30-31 years old. Maybe it was a little too late that I should have did it, but I did it right. I was okay with the money that I got, the money that I made. "

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" The UFC makes about 99 percent of the money, and the rest goes to the fighters. That one percent ain't nothing compared to what they make on merchandising, on pay-per-view, and everything else they make around the world. "

Tito Ortiz

Everything

Money

Nothing

" I'm a big juicer, and I believe in juicing most vegetables and fruit, which I do twice a day. "

" I'm really articulate when I do my thing - when I speak on the mic, when I do interviews. I'm a colorful personality. "

" Wrestling has always been a dominating force in UFC. "

" I look at guys like - guys like Floyd Mayweather making $42 million dollars for a pay-per-view - what am I doing differently from what this guy's doing? "

" Maybe UFC and Bellator should take care of the fighters when their careers are done, as the NFL takes care of their players. Because they're making so much money off us. "

" A lot of guys who I fought, they beat guys who were No. 1 contenders, and that's why I fought them. "

" Back when the UFC first started, I wanted to see what MMA was all about; at the time, I was training with Tank Abbott, and so I went to see him fight. While at the fight, I saw this guy fighting that I just crushed in high school wrestling, and I thought, 'Hey, I'm a street fighter, and I have a wrestling background,' so I gave it a shot. "

" Being outspoken was important... I helped make the UFC what it is today with Chuck Liddell, Royce Gracie, and Randy Couture. Some said I was outspoken in a bad way, but I was just trying to educate the fans what being a UFC fighter is all about. "

" In the UFC, at first we were like a family, but then it turned corporate. In Bellator, we're family. "

Tito Ortiz

Family

Then

" At the end of the day, us fighters, all we have is respect. "

Tito Ortiz

Day

Respect

" I remember from the very beginning when I walked out at UFC 40, when we had the big lights, the flames, everything. Fans want to see entertainment. "

" I don't have to prove anything else in this MMA world. "

" I made the wrong decision myself in my career. I tried to battle against the system. I should have never done that, but I didn't have anybody else who showed me how to do it before. I did everything on instinct. "

Tito Ortiz

Myself

Decision

" Once someone watches me compete, I'm part of them forever. "

" They eat clean, they don't drink sodas, they don't have fast food. My kids eat like pro athletes. "

" I was smart enough to save my money. I invest. The biggest thing you can invest is something they don't have a lot of, is land. I own a lot of it. "

" Negativity just sucks the life out of somebody. "

" Michael Bisping is a really tough competitor and a hard worker. "

" My biggest enemy has been my surgeries. "

" I love doing films, action films, anything I can get into that is produced at a high level, really use my skills. "

" Every fight is won in the gym. The hard part of our job is getting in the gym every day, six days a week. "

" At the end of the day, I'm a dad, and I try to give my kids everything I never had as a kid. "

" My kids come first on all measures. "

" Man's best friend - that's what dogs are. I have two dogs. I love and treat them like family. "

" I've been through hell not totally unscathed, but I came out not too bad. "

" I've been through every surgery that any athlete has ever been through, and I've prevailed through it. "

" I fought with integrity and heart and determination like no fighter has ever done. "

" I don't see myself any higher than anyone else. "

" After having my first surgery in 2003, having an ACL replacement, I never thought I'd be able to compete again. "