Quote of the Day: Fedor Emelianenko - "I Do Not Talk About My Weaknesses, I Work On Them."
by Nick Thomas on Feb 14, 2010 9:27 AM EST
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Q: What are your weaknesses?
A: I do not talk about my weaknesses, I work on them.
Q: How do you feel about your opponents?
A: I respect them. Without exceptions.
Q: When you walk out to fight, it looks like that epic display has been thought through.
A: I have never had anybody telling me how I should look. And I do not have any people telling me how to look. Stylists or … I don’t even know what they’re called. I just try to live by my faith, and that’s it.
Q: What about the idea of being in an action movie (the 5th execution), was that yours as well?
A: No, honestly speaking, no. My friends asked me, they were doing shows about our mix fights (about nhb). And Vadik, my manager, asked me.
They wrote up a screenplay, called in the actors and offered me one of the main roles. I was stubborn and didn’t want to do it. But at the same time – it’s very interesting and I wanted to try. I’ve never been in a movie before; I’ve never seen what it’s like. The result is… (Laugh) there is no result yet. The result will be in April. I will probably hide during that period, hide somewhere and not leave my house.
Q: You’ve been living in Stary Oskol ever since your childhood. Typically though, world class fighters try to move say to Germany, or the USA – where they train better and the payouts are bigger…Then why do they leave?
A: (silence)… Because they forget where they are from, and what their flags are.
Full interview and translation here.
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You mean love – love ? Like a brother ? Will donate a kidney if Fedor needs one?
Or just enjoy watching him fight and look up to him?
Cos I really love him . I wanna have his children :)
Fedor would never need someone else’s kidney, if one of his fails he’ll just regenerate a new one.
by ufc4 on Feb 14, 2010 9:55 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I agree
because I am pretty sure Fedor gets fed human kidneys as part of his diet over in Russia, so I don’t think he will need one for quite some time.
by "Mr. NC-17" on Feb 14, 2010 9:56 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
LOVE
I make my wife wear a mask of Fedor when we’re in bed. I think Fedors bad kidney would laugh at my good kidney.
by darkside3744 on Feb 14, 2010 12:29 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I pray to Fedor's bad kidney
We're just a million little gods causin' rain storms, turning every good thing to rust.
by Anthony Pace on Feb 14, 2010 2:11 PM EST up reply actions
This just in, Fedor's bad Kidney Vs. Spilled Bag of Ice UFC 112
"the views displayed by Mr.Norhtnashville in no way reflect the views of more mature Titan fans. Viewer discretion is advised. Loser.
by MrNorhtNashville on Feb 14, 2010 8:57 PM EST up reply actions
Lol - it's official
Fedor is not stoic or soft spoken after all just retarded. He always looked a bit downed syndromey…
Paniczoo reincarnated.
by ziiiiing on Feb 14, 2010 9:45 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
“A: (silence)… Because they forget where they are from, and what their flags are.”
That’s just awesome.
by "Mr. NC-17" on Feb 14, 2010 9:55 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
A lot of Americans
are guilty of this very statement.
Do you mean that most Americans forget they are from America, or that they forget their ancestors’ countries of origin?
Or something more obscure, like most Americans forget they fundamentally are from Africa (i.e. evolution)?
New Orleans Saints - 2010 Super Bowl Champions. Unbelievable. Who Dat.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on Feb 14, 2010 12:36 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
seriously. what fedor said could only mean a bagillion things and none of them respectful.
by cagefightonacid on Feb 14, 2010 3:26 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
I’m asking about Riney’s statement…I have no idea what you’re trying to imply, or against whom it’s directed…
New Orleans Saints - 2010 Super Bowl Champions. Unbelievable. Who Dat.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on Feb 14, 2010 3:41 PM EST up reply actions
i meant “…because they forget where they are from, and what their flags are.” is a baseless statement. what, is fedor every fighters personal spiritual guru and is in touch as to why they want to train somewhere else? maybe they get more support in other countries etc. how does he know what’s in the hearts and minds of everyone else. just souds like a superiority thing to me…..
by cagefightonacid on Feb 15, 2010 6:28 PM EST up reply actions
I do not talk about my weaknesses, I work on them.
sounds like a Chuck Norris joke.
by Anton Tabuena on Feb 14, 2010 10:21 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Sounds like some fanboy made up an interview of what they think fedor would say.
I call bullshit.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
Fedor in movies
He could be the next George Clooney.
"If your going to come on then come on!" - Harold Howard
All you Fedor superfans are getting kind of creepy. The guy says the most mundane things and y’all swoon over it like it’s profound deep spiritual shit. Example:
Fedor:
I enjoy oatmeal for breakfast.
Superfans:
OH MY GOD!!! That is so true, I never imagined it that way! Fedor is the greatest thing to happen to the world since the bacon turducken!
Keep firing Assholes!
I don't know what I'm talking aboot.
You missed the point,
it was the grizzlies oatmeal!
Hater.
/sarcasm
I find it strange he has stated in past interviews that he does not watch MMA. But he seems to know quite a bit about several UFC fighters. His comments about Russian TV as “not interested” in MMA but we had people all over BE saying his last fight was seen by 60 million people. I am confused.
I don’t recall him commenting on the situation, but well before the Fedor vs. Rogers fight (I think in the lead-up to Affliction: Trilogy) M-1 had an Internet petition to ask the Russian prseident Dmitri Medvedev to ‘ask’ Russian state TV to increase MMA coverage, claiming that the alleged “government” excuse of a lack of interest in MMA to be a cyclical chicken-and-egg thing.
There were some amusing comments, i.e. one guy saying that when American MMA fans asked if Fedor was famous in Russia, this Russian fan could only hang his head…
Where did this guy learn to talk shit? No wonder he can’t get a title shot!
by Kwisatz Haderach on Feb 14, 2010 11:38 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Is that scar on his nose from the Rogers fight permanent?
by MMAInFeRioRiTy on Feb 14, 2010 12:39 PM EST reply actions
That’s true I’d think he’s in his 40s . But judging by the last fight he doesn’t seem to be slowing down physically . He looked very good physically . He made an error on the ground with Rogers but that has nothing to do with age , and he fixed that error a round later :)
He is actually in his 30's, but yeah, he dosnt look to be slowing down=]
"Everyone has a game plan, untell they get hit." -Mike Tyson
Good for him.
Good answers … but the dude is FUCKIN BORING. They should never interview him again. Lets just watch him fight and leave him alone to eat his buckwheat and kolbasa at home.
What does this have to do with anything?
Im a Fedor fan actually … and Im russian too. Im just stating the fact that he’s boring and always says the same thing. Fedor just dont like being interviewed.
Tito is annoying. He also always says the same shit but to an irritating extent. He’s the best, he pioneered this and that, he’s the reason guys get paid now, he put his heart and soul into every performance, he was injured in every fight.
Id actually rather listen to Fedor talk about his family life and religion for hours than hear Tito speak for a few minutes. Equally as boring …but not as irritating.
Interesting that he talked about the corruption of Russian Sambo and Judo competitions. As soon as the UFC was willing to let him compete in Sambo he decides to stop doing it.
Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing.
by lowellthehammer on Feb 14, 2010 1:46 PM EST reply actions
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Well obviously if you can’t leave your house because you’re afraid the government is following you and reading your thoughts you need to get your tinfoil to make hats and cover your windows somewhere…
But if you give them your address and credit card info online, then it’s easier for them to find you and spread your whereabouts!
New Orleans Saints - 2010 Super Bowl Champions. Unbelievable. Who Dat.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett
by Scott C. Broussard on Feb 14, 2010 6:56 PM EST up reply actions
I’d love to know what conspiracy I’m furthering. I was just saying that it’s fascinating how Fedor’s participation in judo/sambo was such a huge sticking point in the initial UFC negotiations when now it doesn’t matter at all. No need to be a tool about it.
Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing.
by lowellthehammer on Feb 14, 2010 6:53 PM EST up reply actions
As a former Fedor hater...
I continue to appreciate this guy’s style, in and out of the ring/octagon.
Fedor hater wtf? Fedor got only nice things to say about others and he speaks with respect.
"You hit too hard, too hard, too hard..."
You’ll burn in a monochromatic hell for this.
by Kwisatz Haderach on Feb 15, 2010 12:49 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I for one
Find his interviews interesting. He’s so nimble and kept to himself, that hearing him express his thoughts is a relief.
He’s all class.
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