Penn doesn’t want to get drunk, other quotes from UFC 123 press conference quotes
BJ Penn on what keeps him motivated: “I think what keeps me motivated is I don’t want to go in…
BJ Penn on what keeps him motivated:
“I think what keeps me motivated is I don’t want to go in the bar and drink. There’s not much to do in Hilo. There’s nothing to do. I’d way rather be training to fight in the Octagon. I think once you’ve been where me, Lyoto, Rampage and Matt have been, a lot of other stuff, it just seems boring. This is the only thing that keeps me feeling like I have something to live for. As soon as Dana gave me that text, he said, you want to take a fight with Matt Hughes, I got chicken skin all over my body and I was like, I gotta a reason to live for a couple more months. I think fighters are just used to that adrenaline.”
Matt Hughes on being presented with the BJ Penn fight:
“I had a lot of obligations on the line. But one more paycheck this year will really make my wife pretty happy and get her off my back for spending some money. I was able to hold off on all the obligations. BJ and I are a lot alike. We’re split one and one and we finally get to have the rubber match.”
