Our first job is to go out there and fight - not to do backflips or have a mustache.
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“Our first job is to go out there and fight - not to do backflips or have a mustache.”
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✦ About the Author
✦ More by Joseph Benavidez
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Our first job is to go out there and fight - not to do backflips or have a mustache.
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I want to fight the best guy. I don't want there to be any question that I beat the next best guy in the division.
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Fighting was the only way I felt self-worth, with people thinking I was the best.
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It would mean a lot, but it's weird, because what's the title? It's an extra line on your Wikipedia page and a medal that says you won on that particular night. It obviously symbolizes more than that, but those are the things people think about.
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You never want to get injured, of course. That's just not what you do, but in the scheme of things 12 years of professional fighting and having to sit out nine, ten months for an injury is not that bad.
✦ More Mustache Quotes
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I do know that you'll definitely never see me sporting a mustache.
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I'm an old fashioned theater major at heart. I love to do a show, do something with friends; I'm kind of a nerd in that way. I like to put on a wig or a fake mustache and do something silly with friends, do a little dance.
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I guess, to tell you the truth, I've never had much of a desire to grow facial hair. I think I've managed to play quarterback just fine without a mustache.
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A good mustache makes a man for many reasons.
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In my case you can pretty well figure that you can put a beret and a mustache on just about anything you want and it looks like me.