1. “You have to punch hard for knockouts, and to beat me, you have to knock me out.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

2. “My best background is, like, smash opponents. I all the time go forward. I all the time try to take down somebody. Make him give up. This is my style, you know. This is what I do all my life.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

3. “I came to the UFC to fight with top-level fighters and become the undisputed, undefeated champion. This is my goal.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

4. “Give me 30 minutes rest, little drink of water. Give me 30 minutes, and I can fight with anybody.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

5. “I don’t fight for the money. I fight for my legacy. I fight for history. I fight for my people.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

6. “I care about my legacy.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

7. “Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

8. “Where is Conor? He wanna fight with a bus. I want to fight with a real gangster. Iaquinta, thank you so much.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

9. “I don’t think I’m a bad guy from Dagestan. I think I’m a good guy from Dagestan. But for my opponents, for sure, I’m a bad guy because when I go to the cage every time, I smash my opponents.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

10. “Of course, I am tough, but I am smart, too. I’m more smart than tough. People watching my record and say that this guy is tough. This is not about tough; this is about the mind. You think when you fight. This is about everything.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

11. “I feel I represent my country: not only my country but all former U.S.S.R. countries because I have very big fan base here, and I have more than a billion Muslim fans. I feel I represent these guys all around the world. My fans. This gives me very good energy. When I go to the cage, I think about these people.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

12. “I want to stay humble, but I have to talk because the other guys talk too much, and… I understand the crazy power the UFC PR machine has.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

13. “I don’t think about, ‘Oh, I’m finally getting my respect,’ because I don’t care about this.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

14. “I don’t know about politics so much. I’m a professional athlete.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

15. “I train, eat, sleep, and repeat.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

16. “I know America is very nice and very good people. I’m a professional athlete. I come here. I never have a problem with somebody about my religion, about my name. I am happy. I’m always comfortable because I never do anything wrong. All the time I do something right. I follow all the rules.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

17. “I have the greatest job in the world. I get loads of cash for beating the crap out of people and I am very good at it.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

18. “Eagle don’t stay in the cage.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

19. “When I fought with Michael Johnson, when I took his arm for the kimura, I can break it, but I go very slowly, be careful because I don’t want to give him injury.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

20. “If you are real gangster why don’t you come inside?” Khabib Nurmagomedov

21. “To go to America and fight Russian fighters is not so nice because there are so many fighters who can and must be beaten. Especially the Americans.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

22. “My style is not like anyone’s. I’m not a typical wrestler.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

23. “I’m from Dagestan, I’m born in Dagestan, and Dagestan is a different level for people living a tough life, people living in the mountains.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

24. “I need eight weeks, train hard, last one week make weight, and go to the war. Because when I go to the war, I have to know I am ready or no.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

25. “These guys talk when I’m injured, but when I’m healthy, where are these guys? Tony or Conor, it doesn’t matter. Or maybe they’re going to fight it each other? It doesn’t matter.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

26. “I never fight for the money, but every person is different.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

27. “I never have a problem with the weight cut. My number one enemy is injuries because I train so hard.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

28. “Next fight? If the UFC tell me, ‘What do you want?’ I’m going to say Tony Ferguson.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

29. “They’re all fake belts. To be honest, I think the real belt is Tony Ferguson’s.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

30. “When Allah is with you nobody can beat you, you have to believe this.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

31. “I think about only me.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

32. “Beginning of the first round, I have to be careful with him because” Khabib Nurmagomedov

33. “Beginning of the first round, I have to be careful with him because he has good timing, good boxing. But my wrestling and my pressure – he has to kill me to stop me. I am going to stop this guy; I am going to finish this guy. This is my plan.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

34. “Honestly this is more than defending my title. For me, It’s personal. Honestly, for me It’s personal. Of course, this is the biggest fight in UFC history, and we are going to break this record. for me It’s personal.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

35. “Hey, be careful. I’m gonna smash your boy,” Khabib Nurmagomedov

36. “Cowboy is fake. I don’t think so he is really a cowboy, I think he’s fake. He is all the time drink, drunk. I don’t think he is really a cowboy. I’m really a cowboy. I’m a mountain guy. I’m training camp all my life, I’m wrestling with the bears. I’m really a cowboy. He’s a drunk guy. I am a Dagestan cowboy, 100-percent.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

37. “I talk with Michael Johnson because I respect Michael Johnson and I don’t want to hurt him,” Khabib Nurmagomedov

38. “I know a lot of fighters fight for the money, but money is not everything for me. I know money is very important for life, but I have money. I never use MMA to make money. MMA for me is about my life, about my blood and about everything I do all my life. Money, I can make money with other stuff. I have the money. I have everything. I need the belt.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

39. “The Almighty will solve all our problem, If we do not lose touch with him, there are no ideal people, no matter how hard it is, in any situation, we just have to hold on to this bond, If we lose the supreme, we will lose everything.” Khabib Nurmagomedov

40. “They have no Idea how strong my faith for Allah is. They win belts, I win the hearts.” Khabib Nurmagomedov