Not too many people present a good ground game from the bottom. They survive a little bit, and it's kind of boring. But not too many people are attacking from the bottom, hurting with elbows. They don't bring that kind of game because it takes a long time to develop.

Brian Ortega

Time Good Wit

I keep training hard, keep working out, keep looking at my fights, and I wonder, 'If I was to fight me, how would I beat me?' It's like having a boat with a bunch of holes. I'm trying to patch up all the holes. If I was to fight myself, I'd take advantage of certain things. I've got to know my opponent is thinking the same thing.

Brian Ortega

Work Age Yin

I very strongly dislike fear. I always say fear keeps us from living our lives and doing the things we want to do.

Brian Ortega

Fear Ways Way

I'm not the perfect person, but I have the perfect heart, I feel, when it comes to helping people.

Brian Ortega

Art T Son

I love being the underdog. I'm cool in my dog house.

Brian Ortega

Love Cool Use

Fighting is great, but I can't do it forever.

Brian Ortega

Great Tin T

Not too many people present a good ground game from the bottom. They survive a little bit, and it's kind of boring. But not too many people are attacking from the bottom, hurting with elbows. They don't bring that kind of game because it takes a long time to develop.

Brian Ortega

Time Good Wit

It's a little weird: you're headlining a show on TV, and obviously, people like to associate that with material things. I drive a - what is it - 1999 Chevy Blazer. There's no more cushion on the driver's seat, and the tires are about gone.

Brian Ortega

You Wit Weird

I was sitting around, moping and feeling badly for myself. I went to the hospital to visit a child, and it hit me: helping people is what I'm meant to do.

Brian Ortega

Visit UN Tin

Sometimes when you get eager, you get sloppy. Sometimes when you get sloppy, you get knocked out.

Brian Ortega

Time Age You

I knew what I wanted to do with my life: I wanted to fight.

Brian Ortega

Life Wit Wanted

I believe we all have a responsibility to try to help other people in this world. To me, my ability to help and to do good for others will only increase if I'm more known and get to that really super elite level. That would be the huge benefit for me. It would put me in a position where I could just help more people.

Brian Ortega

Good Would World

I dropped out or got kicked out of four high schools.

Brian Ortega

T Schools School

I've proven I can hang in there, go through adversity, and pull tricks out of the bag.

Brian Ortega

Tricks Trick Through

When I get in there, I try to really make sure there's no quit in me and that whoever I fight is going to have a long night.

Brian Ortega

Whoever Who Try

I want to help make the world a better place.

Brian Ortega

World Want T

I got to share the Octagon with Clay Guida. I got to share the Octagon with Cub Swanson. Now I'm going to share the Octagon with Frankie Edgar. These are things that, as a fighter, you always dream of.

Brian Ortega

You Wit Ways

The weight of the world on my shoulders was something that I had to let go.

Brian Ortega

World Weight Weigh

I'm the kind of guy who, if you tell me you can't do something, like, 'Brian, you can't do a backflip off that two-floor building,' and I'm going to give it a shot.

Brian Ortega

You Who Two

A lot of people have these fancy facilities, these fancy training atmospheres, high-tech this and that... I believe it's about the fighter and how much work is he willing to put. I'm trying to show the world that I can make it happen from a garage. People don't believe it, but I know how to work with what I've got to get to the top.

Brian Ortega

Work Age Yin

To bring out the best in someone, you really have to push them.

Brian Ortega

You Us Them

When I go in the Octagon, it's no big deal. Just gonna go fight. Majority of the people? 'Dude, I'm scared to even walk through there.' Everything's a matter of perspective.

Brian Ortega

I've always wanted better for myself; I just didn't know what route I was going to take.

Brian Ortega

I can take care of myself.

Brian Ortega

I love kids.

Brian Ortega

My fifth pro fight, I got my first title fight.

Brian Ortega

Fight fans always appreciate a fighter who is willing to step up on short notice.

Brian Ortega

A lot of people think they need the best training partners, the best gym. I started with Vans, Jack in the Box, and a dream, and now I'm here. You just need to have that work ethic, focus, and dedication.

Brian Ortega

That's always been my problem - the lack of fear in some situations.

Brian Ortega

I don't like getting comfortable.

Brian Ortega

Put on a camera and put on some whatever, and you're an actor. Put me in a cage, I'm a fighter. Put me somewhere else - I'm in an ocean, I'm a surfer. I don't know what I am, I just do it all. And I want to be good at everything.

Brian Ortega

I liked to pretend a lot. I thought I could be anything that I wanted.

Brian Ortega

Obviously it's great to train at home and not have to travel and stay in the same time zone. That's always great.

Brian Ortega

I don't look like a fighter. I like it, though, because it just allows me to be in the position I am now, to where I can venture out to wherever I want to go. I can go into acting. I can go into this; I can go different ways now. And because of fighting, I can do that.

Brian Ortega

There's a lot of times when I shouldn't have been here. I go, 'Man, I'm blessed.' I've had people shoot at me and had all kinds of stuff happen, and somehow I'm still here, and other people are not.

Brian Ortega

I wasn't really a beach boy. I was a city boy, afraid of the ocean.

Brian Ortega

Every time, you get hit in the face, you have to fight.

Brian Ortega

I don't want to spend all the money I've made and then have to hustle fight to fight.

Brian Ortega

I want to go out and help people and share love where love is needed.

Brian Ortega

Cub Swanson's a guy you either get through or you don't, and I fought him when he was on a nice winning streak.

Brian Ortega

I always have my group of friends at the gym. We used to go hang out somewhere before. Now we're just hanging out at the gym. We have sparring parties where everyone beats each other up, but then we all eat my dad's cooking, and I hire a massage therapist, so everyone is just kicking back and having a good time. I just keep the environment great.

Brian Ortega

I have my parents to keep me in check, a team that loves me, and I have the ability to go out there, dream, and chase it.

Brian Ortega

I've been in so many street fights.

Brian Ortega

There's little windows that open up during the fight, to finish your opponent. Whenever those windows open, I'm jumping right through them without hesitation.

Brian Ortega

I want to secure my name. I'll fight who I have to fight for the belt.

Brian Ortega

What's that song? It says, 'Everything that you do will come back to you in your sweet time?' That's why I still don't relax. Even my coach gets mad at me sometimes. He's like, 'Come on, man - relax.' I go, 'Nah.' I'm always good.

Brian Ortega

Nobody expected me to finish Cub Swanson the way I did. When you see something like that, even I say, 'You're finally here. You're not only hanging with the best of the best, you're finishing them.'

Brian Ortega

It's never been about an opponent. I don't care who it is. Just throw them in front of me and let me do what I have to do. Let me earn the belt.

Brian Ortega

When I go in to fight week, I go, 'Maybe I'm going to be that guy on the highlight reel that gets knocked out.' I'm always thinking, 'How am I going to react? Am I going to be a sore loser?' I'm almost checking myself in case something bad happens.

Brian Ortega

For me, I love doing what is said can't be done.

Brian Ortega

I'll do things that a lot of people think is very risky.

Brian Ortega