The Week in Quotes, October 25th - 31st

CAN WE JUST START CALLING THIS "DANCEGATE"?

"A lot of people thought he was playing and goofing around but that's not his personality. Guys come out sometimes and they're not in their rhythm. For some reason, they can't pull the trigger and I think that's what happened to Anderson tonight." - UFC President Dana White (Yahoo)

"What else am I supposed to believe? Am I supposed to believe that he came out to not throw one punch or not do anything for three rounds? I don't believe that." - White

"He had a gameplan, that's why he was like that. He was worried about the power in my hands. He was a little bit conservative. He was waiting for a good opportunity." - UFC Middleweight Patrick Cote, close to accurately describing the fight (Yahoo)

"I proved to everyone that this guy is not unbeatable. I think I fucked him up really bad. My gameplan was good and he was scared to exchange with me." - Cote, not close to accurately describing the fight (MMA Canada)

"I never underestimate any of my opponents. That was my strategy. He was lost. He could never find me. That was the strategy, I was trying to confuse him." - UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva (Yahoo)

"I apologized because I trained really hard to go the full five rounds. I really feel like I owe everyone an apology. I owe you guys an apology, the fans an apology and Dana an apology." - Silva, who doesn't owe anyone an apology

WHITE NOISE

"I've known this guy for over two years, he's anything but disrespectful." - White, on Silva

"All I know is I wanted to put my head through the table I was sitting at. You ever watch Star Trek? I wanted to transport myself back to Vegas in my bed." - White, who I can't imagine sitting down for a night of Trek

“All those Hollywood agents. You know how I feel about that. They’re all a bunch of pukes who tell you ‘we can do this, we can do that.’ If they deliver on 20 percent of that they tell you they’re going to do, you know … When you end up signing with this those guys, they end up (screwing) you up some way.” - White, on UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre's new agent who apparently White will not get along with (Five Ounces of Pain)

“Randy Couture, when do you think all that shit started? Where do you think it started? It started from the day me and that agent had that talk on the phone. That’s when it started.” - White, I don't think he really listened to a thing Randy said

"What has he done, except for 10 million views on youtube, what has he done to deserve a spot in the UFC? Nothing.  And I don't consider him a real athlete.  And I don't think he'll win the Ultimate Fighter." - White, talking about the future of former EliteXC heavyweight Kimbo Slice as he relates to the UFC (MMA Fanhouse via Bloody Elbow)

"He's flipping out. He wants to fight again, like, on Nov. 15. He's (upset) about his performance and he wants to fight again immediately." - White, discussing Anderson Silva (Yahoo)

"Gina Carano's a talented fighter...She's a star. She should've been the main event (on CBS' last EliteXC broadcast). My thing with women and fighting is there isn't enough good women to create a whole division. Could I do some one-off fights here and there? Yeah, but that's not really what we do." - White, on Gina Carano (USA Today)

YEAH MY GIRLFRIEND SAYS I'M HALF AN INCH SHORT TOO

"I went and started working a lot of footwork and range stuff. A lot of timing and speed bag and really got my footwork down. I felt like in the Penn fight my punches were a half an inch short." - UFC Lightweight Sean Sherk, describing changes he made to his standup game after his fight with Champion B.J. Penn (Yahoo)

WHO KNEW HOBBITS WERE SUCH GOOD MATCHMAKERS?

"Every time I'm at a UFC, he thinks I'm crazy. I look at him and I shake his hand and I say, 'Thank you for this fight. You're the best matchmaker. Thank you very much.' He kind of looks at me weird like, 'This kid's crazy.' But I think he is the best. He puts on the best shows, the best matchups. And that's the thing. That's what I'm here for." - UFC Welterweight contender Thiago Alves, on the underrated UFC matchmaker Joe Silva (MMA Junkie)

LESSON LEARNED, DON'T GIVE CSAC LEGITIMATE EVIDENCE

"There was no appeal. The suspension stays. Unfortunately, it didn’t work. The commission showed that they don't like MMA fighters, mainly Brazilian. Sean Sherk took Nandrolone, it was proved, but they reduced his punishment, but with me they didn’t." - Heavyweight Antonio Silva, on his recent appeal of a suspension for Nandrolone (Tatame)

'CAUSE WHO ISN'T SICK OF THE BOXING VS. MMA DEBATE?

"I oppose 100 per cent this ultimate fighting. It has taken boxing to the era of the caveman and the Roman circus. These are not ancient times. This fighting is fed to those fans who like aggression, blood and illegality." - Head of the WBC Jose Sulaiman, in ancient times (The Sun)

"They are not boxing fans — boxing fans have class." - Sulaiman, really?

AT LEAST HE DIDN'T END UP LIKE BIG VAN VADER IN JAPAN

"This is my life; this is my career. If something like that would've happened to Chuck Liddell, I guarantee you they would've been all over it, but it's me and, not saying that I'm a nobody, but you know what I'm saying. It is what it is and I'm not tripping." - UFC Welterweight Anthony Johnson, on the fight with Kevin Burns that ended up with him being poked in the eye multiple times (Fight Hype)

"Steve did his job; it was just the wrong call because has in the wrong place at the wrong time. Much props to damn Steve man." - Burns, staying classy