MMA Heat’s Karyn Bryant had the chance to sit down for a long talk with Tito Ortiz and get his thoughts on a variety of topics, from his UFC 140 bout with Antonio Rogerio Nogueira to his contract situation and a possible retirement in the very near future.
Here’s the video (retirement talk starts around 20:00):
Quote (transcribed by USA Today’s Sergio Non):
Maybe it’s time. I don’t know.
I guess when I leave on my own terms — and I look at it as, when I don’t have fun coming in the gym anymore, sparring and pushing myself and running every day, maybe it is time. I’m not overstaying my welcome.
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I don’t know. But you never know. You never know if Dana and Lorenzo come to me with some numbers that make sense to me. I’m healthy.
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Is it worth it not being able to run with my kids or wrestle with my kids or throw a football with my kids when they get older? A million dollars ain’t worth it.