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For me, 240 is my target weight.
I think you learn a lot from losses.
Hard work and sacrifice can get you a long way.
Don't bad-mouth me and then try to be my friend.
I have the Mexican blood. I'm proud to be Mexican.
I am listening more to my body and maintaining it.
Heath Herring is tough as nails, and he fights hard.
The name of the game is improving, and I've done that.
Both my parents came into the United States from Mexico.
In wrestling, I was always competing against bigger guys.
When you train the way I do, injuries are going to happen.
There's nobody better than me, especially Junior Dos Santos.
I feel great being the first Mexican heavyweight UFC champion.
I take my health and the longevity of my career very seriously.
Nothing is given to you in this world, so you have to work hard.
I'm always trying to get better. There's always room for improvement.
I'm really proud of my coaches and the people I have training with me.
I think Mark Hunt just has that knockout power, and that's pretty much it.
Do I think my wrestling is the best? No, I think it's up there around the top.
I represent hardworking people. That's who raised me. That's who I grew up around.
I want everybody on Fox to see my fighting style, to really become a fan of the sport.
I've always loved competing; I've always loved working out - and wrestling, of course.
I think if something's wrong with me, I just kind of work through it. That's my mentality.
I think of all my fights as title fights. I don't think about what can come up afterwards.
To say I was looking forward to fighting in Mexico for the first time is an understatement.
Where I grew up, we had enough to get by, and we had a lot of love. That took me a long way.
That's how fighters get better. They watch film, and they work on what they need to work on.
I wasn't thinking that I was going to go through my career undefeated. You expect to lose sometimes.
Personally, most of my injuries were ones that I sustained during fights in the UFC, not in practice.
My body size and everything was perfect for being a heavyweight wrestler rather than being a linebacker.
The mentality is nonstop, to work for what you want, your mind keeping your body in the best shape possible.
Know what your strengths are, but also keep in mind what your weaknesses are; always work on your weaknesses.
I just have to practice hard, get better, and go out there and win impressively - that's all it comes down to.
I'd like to give some attention to my family, hang out with them for a little while. They definitely deserve it.
Wrestling has made me very mentally strong, conditioned me really well for MMA, and given me phenomenal balance.
You have to set up the right technique to get that takedown. It can't just be any shot. You have to really set it up.
I will be the first to say when I know I can't fight due to injury, as my long-term health is my number one priority.
Growing, up I didn't really have anyone to look up to. There weren't a lot of Mexicans on T.V. except for those in boxing.
Boxers box to get ready to fight; wrestlers wrestle. We have so much we have to do to get ready, but fighting is one of them.
For me, it's all about training and fighting. I would rather do without the attention, but I know it comes with the territory.
MMA is so exciting. It doesn't matter if you know the rules or not. If you like a fight, it's automatically gonna draw you in.
I'm still in the gym every day for training, putting in the same hard work every week. That's the only way I know how to do it.
Things happen for some reason. I don't know what, but I just think about the positives, focus on getting better, and that's it.
I'm not really too big of a sports fan. Everything I watch is MMA, you know, great fights. But other sports, not really too much.
You have to work your way up the ladder just like everybody else. Nothing is given to you in this world, so you have to work hard.
When you talk about me as a fighter, I like being known as a Mexican fighter. I think 'Mexican' or 'Hispanic' should be mentioned.
You need good training partners - because you’re only as good as your training partners - and a strong desire to always get better.
I grew up watching my parents work in the fields. That's where I get my work ethic from, because I saw them work hard my whole life.
Once I started wrestling, I really got into it, and I just knew that I wanted to do that - I wanted to wrestle all the way through college.
I never go into a fight thinking, 'I have to finish this guy' - that's not a part of my game plan. I go out there and fight the way I fight.