Quotes by Brian Ortega - Page 2

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 /
Big Deal
Dude
No Big Deal
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There's always a way to pull back and discredit ourselves, but once you just shut that out and start doing it, you realize things about yourself that you never thought were possible.
Brian Ortega /
Discredit
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The people around me saved my life, not MMA. It was people who said, 'You're better than this,' who told me, 'You don't belong in this world.' MMA and jiu-jitsu and training gave me an escape.
Brian Ortega /
Mma
Saved
Life World Me
Belong
Life Better World
Escape
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I think I'm pretty marketable when it comes to marketing fighters 'cause I've met a lot of 'em, and they're not that interesting. They don't do too many things, or their days are not like my days.
Brian Ortega /
Marketing
Fighters
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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 /
Best Me Way
Cub
Finish
Hanging
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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 /
Clay
Cub
Edgar
Frankie
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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 /
Dedication
Gym
Partners
Work Ethic
Best Work Focus
Ethic
Jack
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Pretty much, I was a hometown fighter, and everyone was pulling for me. Now I'm a hometown fighter again. It's a lot of pressure because you don't want to let people down. They're yelling your name and chanting for you.
Brian Ortega /
Chanting
Fighter
Hometown
Pulling
Yelling
Me Your People
Me Fighter People
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I want the real title. I can't express it enough that I want to fight for the real title. The interim title, from what I've seen... people get it, and then they take it away in a month. I just don't want to be that person.
Brian Ortega /
Interim
Month
Title
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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 /
Ocean
Just Do It
Somewhere Else
Good I Am Me
Cage
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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 /
Relax
Time Good Sweet
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Ultimately, I feel like I'm doing everything right. I'm slowly but surely climbing up the ladder. I'm taking out bigger names with every fight. Not just beating them on a point level - I'm finishing every single one of my opponents.
Brian Ortega /
Finishing
Opponents
Beating
Slowly
Ladder
Surely
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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 /
Chevy
Material Things
Associate
Blazer
Seat
Cushion
Driver
Tires
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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 /
Myself Thinking Fight
Checking
Highlight
React
Sore
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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 /
Attacking
Elbows
Time Good Long
Time Good Game
Hurting
Too Many People
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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 /
Different Ways
Fighter
Venture
Fighting Me Look
Look Me I Am
Look I Am Me
Wherever
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I was blessed to be able to be born here. My dad crossed. My dad illegally went through the border and was living under a bridge; he was homeless. People are making fun of him, beating him up. All kinds of things. After he kind of figured out the situation, he brought my mom over.
Brian Ortega /
Homeless
Mom Dad People
Beating
Border
Bridge
Crossed
Figured
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For me, it was always survival. Learn where not to be at so you don't get shot. Learn where not to walk at so you don't get jumped. Learn who to stand up to, who not to stand up to. And then, when I got old enough to get a chip on my shoulder, I wanted to be the dog. I wanted to be the alpha.
Brian Ortega /
Survival
Alpha
Chip
Old Enough
Shoulder
Stand Up
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On my block, I had all these guys coming in and out of jail. When I was 13, I was playing outside my house, and one of those guys came across the street and started cussing me out, wanting to fight me. People knew I trained kickboxing and would put the gloves on with my friends, so that made me a target.
Brian Ortega /
Block
Gloves
Jail
Target
Fight Me People
Trained
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My house was a revolving door. You walk in, you walk out, you get whatever you can eat, you leave, you go hang out with friends. I'm on my mission, my sister's on another mission, my dad is working trying to provide, my mom is trying to do the same thing. And somehow, we're all co-existing with each other.
Brian Ortega /
Sister
Dad
House
Revolving
Door
Leave
Working
Hang
Walk
Mission
Provide
Same Thing
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The Harbor Area is everything - Carson, Wilmington, San Pedro, Long Beach, that whole little bubble that I grew up in. I always throw it up after I finish fighting, I always throw up the Harbor Area. Out of pride. It made me who I am. It brought me my goods; it brought me my bads. It molded me into who I am.
Brian Ortega /
Beach
Goods
Long Beach
Wilmington
Bubble
Long Me I Am
Finish
Harbor
Molded
San
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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 /
Position
Good Believe World
Good Believe I Believe
Benefit
Elite
Good World Believe
More People
Super
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One thing I took - you know, especially from boxing at a young age - from my coach was, if you're a jiu-jitsu guy, and you only cater your training to jiu-jitsu, there's going to come a day and time in your career when you face a guy who is a great wrestler, has great takedown defense, and he's going to make you look silly.
Brian Ortega /
Boxing
Defense
Silly
Young Age
Time Age Great
Cater
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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 /
Boat
Holes
Fights
Myself Thinking Fight
Certain Things
Opponent
Patch
Take Advantage
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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 /
Fancy
Garage
Make It Happen
Work Believe World
Facilities
Work World Believe
High-Tech
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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 /
Beats
Gym
Having A Good Time
Massage
Sparring
Time Good Great
Hanging
Hire
Therapist
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