Bruce Buffer Quotes

I’m surprised Golden Boy took the risk of taking on the UFC.

There will never be another ‘Let’s get ready to rumble,’ so I see it as my duty to protect the phrase as I would a rare gem.

I grew up around fighting.

Poker is a great game and feeds my need for competition a lot.

To me, all business is the same it’s just the product that’s different and you can have a diamond in your hand, but if you don’t market it correctly, it just becomes another piece of coal.

You can’t announce the way I announce if you’re not into it.

I’m not an acrobat.

We live in a decaying society of morality, which bugs me on a daily basis. I consider myself one of the last chivalrous white knights out there.

I have fought myself more times that I remember, in the streets, and in the ring. I’ve never had a pro-fight.

I hate to stand still and announce like everyone else… this is the UFC, the greatest event in sports and deserves the most excitement that can be generated when announcing these great main events that happen in the Octagon.

I put everything I can into my announcing, and the moment I can’t perform physically, vocally, then it will be time for me to retire.

My father taught me poker at a very young age and I’ve been playing for money since I was 14 years old.

Any UFC fan has got to experience a live event at least one time. The energy and the production value is incredible. The experience is like being at a rock concert.

Most married men are completely jealous of my existence – the way it’s designed. As far as, surrogate wife, surrogate kids.

Whatever you do, it’s important you do it with passion. Whether you’re a CEO, a fighter or a bus boy.

If I was at the final table at the World Series of Poker, that would probably be the most exciting thing I’ve ever done in my life. And believe me, the UFC, the announcing in the Octagon, is extremely exciting.

I promote the UFC, I support it, I do my job, but the show‘s about the fighters and the fans. It’s not about me. I’m there to enhance the moment for the fighters and enhance the moment for the fans.

There’s a boxer called Lucia Rijker, she‘s vicious, and Nunes is very much like her.

There’s always mountains to climb and I’m always open for another challenge.

Every day I wake up I look in the mirror and I say to myself, ‘It’s time.’ The reason for that is I believe we’re only as good as today.

My brother happens to be the greatest announcer in sports and entertainment history.

I’m completely honest with everyone I deal with. I genuinely care about people. I want to see people succeed and be the best that they can be. So, I wanted to write a motivational book about life, love and the pursuit of happiness.

I know what it’s like to take punches.

I would walk into a room at a young age and I’d say, ‘Hi, Dad,’ and he would say, ‘SON, PROJECT YOUR VOICE. LET THEM KNOW YOU’RE IN THE ROOM. SHOULDERS BACK. CHEST OUT.’

I saw this man come out. This very handsome, debonair James Bond style man with an incredible voice. All of a sudden I’m becoming a fan and then he started putting his name on the TV screen and it said Michael Buffer and I thought ‘are you kidding me?’

Let me parachute out of a plane, land on a stadium, and announce it. I’ll do it. I’m always game for something.

My dad was mixture of John Wayne, Steve McQueen and Errol Flynn all rolled up into one. He was a really tough guy. He taught me how to fight literally when I was four years old. He taught me street-fighting techniques.

I read these articles where people are calling me a fashion icon, which kind of makes me laugh, but if that’s the way they perceive it that’s all good.

I expected Ronda to be a beast. You know what? Ronda’s a beast.

I’m all about passion, everything I do is with a passion that is the reason why I announce the way I do.

I take care of myself.

I always joke around and say my lifestyle is kind of like James Bond.

I’ve done shows with one leg; I’ve done three shows in a row, blown-out back.

My grandfather was the champion of the world in boxing in 1921 in the bantamweight and flyweight divisions, and I’ve just been involved in the fighting world my entire life.

It’s blows me away how much attention there is to the way I move in the Octagon when announcing as I’ve been moving this way for years.

I am an avid surfer, collector, reader, movie buff and am very health conscious, so I work out all the time and I love being with my loved ones when I am not traveling.

I just want to do the best job I can and make the fans excited and make everyone excited about the UFC.

I have to say that I bow to Dana White and I bow to the Fertitta brothers every time I see them.

To me it’s not about how much money you make or the car you drive, it’s about what kind of person you are and how much pride you take in what you do. I try and apply that same level of passion to every path I choose in life.

I mean, I would love to announce with my brother, Michael Buffer. That would just be an incredible thing to do and we’d have a blast working together.

I’m sure that if Ronda could take time off, go to the gym and train for three months for a fight with Holly Holm with absolutely no distractions, I don’t even want to imagine the Ronda Rousey we’re going to see come out. Again, we are talking top of the food chain, Olympic, amazing athlete.

Perception is reality.

Like other guys my age, I liked Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee really was the original mixed martial artist.

I was asked to come and appear on ‘Friends,’ and I did.