The Week in Quotes: March 14th - 20th

THE TRUTH IS DEAD.  LONG LIVE THE BONES.

"I’m back to wanting to hurt people again. I want my opponents to know what fighting me is all about." - Brandon "the Truth" Vera, leading up to his March 21st fight with Jon "Bones" Jones. (LIVE ON VERSUS!!!!!!!) (UFC.com)

"If he [Jon Jones] believes what people are saying about him – that he’s the second coming of Jesus Christ, then he’s going to have a long way to fall back down to earth when I knock him out. We’ll see if he’s ready for ‘The Truth.’" - Vera.  The truth that "god" is a construct of man?  Good luck.

"I really don't like Brandon as a person. I just think he's disrespecful. He's really arrogant. I think he's full of himself. He's a talker, and I guess I let his arrogance got under my skin a little bit." - Jones.  WWJD, man? (Cage Writer)

"After [the Thales Leites] fight people talked so much trash about [Anderson Silva]. About how he's not that good, how he doesn't finish fights, and I'm thinking, oh my God, there's all these forums talking about how great [he] is before this, but now since he doesn't knock the guy out he's horrible and he sucks? That was a first-hand experience of how brutal fans can be." - Jones

EL NINO AND THE CRYBABY

"Aoki is the number two fighter in the world and I think he’s an amazing mixed martial artist. I’m excited to fight the guy." - Gilbert Melendez, on his fight with Shinya Aoki for the Strikeforce lightweight title. (Head Kick Legend)

"This fight is nothing special. I will fight as usual. I feel I’m representing DREAM and also Japan." - Aoki, who will fight as usual and cry as usual.

SO MUCH FOR MAINSTREAM ACCEPTANCE

"All right, Sunday March 21st for the first time on Versus, can you believe it? It’s the UFC battle. One of these heavyweight fighters -- I don’t even know if they’re heavyweights or not -- whatever weight class they are. Look at these great matchups and you’ll see them Sunday only on Versus." - Commentator Ted Robinson, reading a promo for the UFC on Versus during the Mountain West basketball title game.  Did I mention this game aired on Versus? (Cage Writer)

FRANK MIR VS. BROCK LESNAR SHANE CARWIN AT UFC 111

"I think mentally I had to come to grips with the fact that it wasn't all strength that Lesnar beat me at on the ground." - Former UFC heavyweight champ Frank Mir (Cage Writer)

"Most likely, they'll both be able to win the fight if I get stuck against the cage on my back with my head jammed up. " - Mir, on fighting big wrestlers like Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin. (MMA Junkie)

"But with that being said, with Lesnar, on my feet, I have no real anxiety about standing there and boxing. He's knocked people over because he clubs people with his hands, but he's not really a knockout artist. Carwin has actually knocked people out." - Mir, must not remember stealing the strawberries.

"I like Moby Dick for [Brock]. He's big, he's white and he is a dick." - Mir.  Call me Ishmael, mother fucker. (Raw Vegas)

PARTING SHOTS

"I wanted to be a free agent, I haven't been a free agent in a couple of years, and I wanted the option of leaving Strikeforce. Not that I'm leaving Strikeforce; I just wanted the option." - Jake Shields.  And I want a remote control.  Not that I want to change the channel on you, Jake, but I just want the option. (MMA Junkie)

"Because he walks out in the Octagon in his pajamas he’s a martial artist and I’m not?" - Dan Hardy, set to spend twenty five minutes on his back this Saturday. (MMA Mania)

"I think the UFC in Japan will not be successful. It's a very special market." - Shinya Aoki.  What if they sell used panties worn by Arianny Celeste at the merch table? (MMA Junkie)

"I may come to the Octagon with Mr. T just to get in his head." - Former UFC light heavyweight champ Rashad Evans, set to fight Quinton Jackson at UFC 114.  Rashad, Mr. T's unnecessary.  Just steal his food and load him up on energy drinks.  He'll be Filho'ing in the Octagon. (UFC.com)