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I don't care if people boo me or talk trash to me. I can't understand what they're saying anyways.
That was my biggest dream, to one day become champion in MMA and boxing. That is my biggest dream.
Nobody gave me anything. I conquered everything. And I gave them a lot more than they gave me back.
I like to watch women's MMA more than men fighting because they always do their best and fight hard.
Cub Swanson was the first to talk a lot on fight week in the WEC, and I got there and ran through him.
Everybody knows if you have the rules, you need to follow the rules and do exactly what you need to do.
My objective since I started my career was: become the champion, remain the champion, retire the champion.
Train hard and try new things; everything you do outside of the cage counts as experience inside the cage.
I'm always watching every featherweight that fights in the UFC because we can eventually fight in the future.
I have to respect my opponent, always, doesn't matter who he is, but I'll get in there and win. That's a fact.
I've fought in front of thousands of people and never responded to the crowd. I got there, did my job, and left.
Each person has a way to promote their fight. Each person has a way to try to create opportunity in their career.
I've competed for so many years that I can go in there and have fun and do what I love, which is fight and compete.
When I first fought in the U.S., the size of the crowd was something I was not used to seeing, but you get used to it.
Aldo is one guy. Barao is another one. We're friends, we're teammates, but it's a fight. Each one will defend his name.
People come to me to say I don't sell; Brazilian media say I don't give interviews. Nobody is obligated to do anything.
We have to talk a little trash to sell fights, talk more, because we know we will profit more from that. It's important.
Portuguese is the language of my heart; it's the language of my feelings. It's the language that I feel I can express myself best in.
I clear my mind; I don't think about the pressure before a fight. I focus on going in the cage and being successful while doing my job.
I take much pride in winning. I don't accept losses, so I'm always going after that. The day I lose this fire, I think it's time for us to stop.
McGregor has a good punch, but he cannot say that he's the biggest puncher. MMA gloves are tiny - four ounces - so when they connect, they drop you.
I don't even watch my own fights. If it's not someone from my team or someone I like, I guarantee you that I'll go to the movies with my family instead.
My father was a bricklayer, and my mother was a housewife. It was complicated, obviously, because of our humble origin, but thank God we were all focused.
The athlete is not treated like he deserves. We deserve better. I'm not speaking only about the UFC, but about the media as well. The fans treat us really well.
Everyone should go up there and fight. Go up there and go through opponents and earn their opportunity to fight for the title, not talk their way into the title.
My next fight is always the most important fight, so regardless if I'm fighting for the title or not, I always have to go in there and give everything that I've got.
Talking makes the fight bigger... When the fight is over, everyone goes in opposite sides with money in the pocket. You have to talk trash because that brings money.
We get paid way less than we deserve. We deliver shows and deserve to get paid more. We practically pay to do this. You deserve to get better paid if you sell the fight.
Not just me but everybody in the WEC was dreaming of fighting in the UFC and become a champ. Thank God I went there and became a champion. I root for the WEC guys. I do.
I think Americans are really patriotic people, so patriotism is something they can understand. I'm very patriotic about Brazil, my country, and that includes my language.
We always try give the best of us in training to go in the cage and have a good performance, thus giving millions for the company. We also want to have part of these millions.
I love sports - I am a die-hard fan of soccer, and I am always at Maracana Stadium in Rio watching Flamengo play. I am also a big fan of basketball; I stay up at night to watch Lebron James play whenever I can.
Everybody fights for money, of course, but I wanted to leave a legacy when I retired, get my name in the history. I don't think like that anymore. When I lost the belt, I saw how reality is. Champion means nothing.
I wanted to train jiu-jitsu instead of capoeira because the mat was soft. It was better than training capoeira on the hard floor. I started reading jiu-jitsu magazines, reading about the world champions, and becoming one of them became my goal.
I fight for everybody, national and international, no matter where they are. I want to help those athletes. Not only those in the UFC - those that are in the big league and can have a better future - but those in the small promotions and need our help.
Yes, I think about having a career in boxing, but I want to start from the bottom, start from zero. I want to get ranked and one day fight for a belt. I don't want to fight just to fight, for money, to go after big fights and challenge a great champion.
I was really close to my father since I was young. He always told me that I had to work in order to become a man, so I had to stay with him when my mother left. He always took me to work to help him as a bricklayer. I was just a kid, so I did what I could do to help him.
I was a fan of jujitsu, so that pretty much got me started in fighting. I won a lot of local competitions when I was young and eventually won a ticket to go compete in Rio de Janeiro. In Rio, I struggled a lot in the beginning, living in the gym and not having much to eat, but eventually I joined the Nova Uniao Team and really improved my skills.