Benson Henderson : (5)

" There’s a reason that football players, that still choose to come over to train MMA. They’re professional and phenomenal freak athletes and they know how to work as professional athletes. They know how to get better and know how to improve. " - Benson Henderson

" A lot of times, people take other people’s confidence for cockiness, airheadedness, rashness or brashness, and that’s the light in which they see you when you say you always knew you’d be a champion, blah blah blah. Well, you have to be confident in the sport we do. As an athlete, in general, you have to be confident. " - Benson Henderson

" The funny thing I thought was, no matter what, people talked bad about cops. But as soon as something bad happened, when their car got stolen, who was the first person they called? Police officers. They expected them to help out and take care of them to get their stolen car back, and they did. That, to me, was a pretty big thing. " - Benson Henderson

" Everybody I step in the cage against I have the utmost respect for. " - Benson Henderson

" Anytime you have anybody that’s physically a great athlete and a great specimen, they have the work ethic. They know how to work, know how to improve, know how to get better. They are special athletes. " - Benson Henderson