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Embrace the work opportunity you have today. It may be the stepping-stone you need on your way to success.
I'm not really worried about what Anthony Johnson does. I have to worry about what I do to prepare myself.
I've been in this position before when you never lose, when your record is clear, people are avoiding you.
If I would have thought like fans think, I'd be broke and brain dead and fighting everybody every weekend.
My goal and path is always to get to the mountaintop and be a world champion, and leave a fighting legacy.
The ladies kept telling me I wasn't good in bed, so I figured if I wasn't a lover then I must be a fighter
I thought wrestling was the stuff where people jumped off ropes. So that was my experience with wrestling.
Fighting is like life. You can do everything to a tee. You can show up and fail. That's no reason to quit.
It all comes down to confidence: your body can do great things only if it believes it can accomplish them.
I often get people that come up to me with the UFC 151 poster with me and Dan on it and ask me to sign it.
Train hard and try new things; everything you do outside of the cage counts as experience inside the cage.
My objective since I started my career was: become the champion, remain the champion, retire the champion.
If you say an athlete doesn't need supplementation, that he can get everything through food, you're wrong.
There are always a couple of ways you envision fights going; you always envision a win and a great finish.
I've taken fights on short notice while injured to help save shows, and in return I've been taken care of.
I need a vacation anyway. They fight me too much. I'm not going to be the one to back out of these fights.
I love athletics and martial-arts and competition because it gets me right and puts me in the right place.
And at the end of the day as an athlete you have to be coachable. And being coachable is a humbling thing.
Everybody has fear. The difference is that the coward does not control fear and the brave... gets over it.
I think fans expect fighters to beat each other up, and what I expect out of myself is to stay of trouble.
The way that I like to fight is I like to paint myself into a corner and so the only way is for me to win.
Some girls sit around and watch 'Gossip Girl' together. Me and my girlfriends watch 'Raw' and 'SmackDown.'
I came to a terrifying place in my life where I knew I was hopeless. My only hope was to change....or die.
I was chasing that Demetrious Johnson fight. It just really didn't seem like it wanted to work itself out.
When you're at world championship level, you're fighting other guys who are at a world championship level.
The only thing I have to lose going into this fight is anxiety, fear, worry; all those kinds of negativity.
I don't spoil myself on extravagant cars or spending money on jewelry. So I save a lot of the money I have.
There's nothing you can take for granted; not a single day, not a single minute, not a single relationship.
You don't quit after you get beat. You pick yourself up, and you start rebuilding to accomplish your goals.
I'm letting competition drive me, and when competition drives me, I don't think anyone can compete with me.
I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to be the best, but I would just fight anyone, any time. I don't care.
I've been very blessed to accomplish everything I've wanted to. Anything I've put my mind to, I've done it.
I'm done fighting at welterweight. Unless they open up a 175-pound division, I'm moving up to middleweight.
When life has beaten you up and you can't see a way to go on. Trust that tomorrow will change your fortune.
Wanting the best that life has to offer is so nice. Working for the best that life has to offer is greater.
This customer service person doesn't understand that this bill was paid and I am not going to pay it again.
Being labeled as someone who would cheat hurts more than anything else I've ever been through in my career.
Everything Mousasi says only motivates me. I have a win over him, and I think he's a little bothered by it.
The essence of forgiveness is seeing our humanness and seeing that we all have our limitations and follies.
If you're taking performance-enhancing drugs and you get caught, in my mind, you should be banned for life.
My wife is married to a part-time husband. That's hard to do. The kids get the short end of the stick, too.
Always try to reinvent myself; never try to stay the same person, because that's how people figure you out.
Do I have fat cells on my body? Everybody has fat cells. Do I have more than most other athletes? Probably.
Aside from being a fighter, I am a relaxed person. It is a lifestyle thing for me. I don't stress too much.
I don't ever look past anyone or think that they're not worthy. Of course they're worthy, they're warriors.
I've made mistakes but the beauty of life is that each regret builds character and makes us a better person
If you regret a mistake, don't just make that mistake again. Look at it and learn from it and grow from it.
It's normal to be under pressure. I'm fighting professionally for 15 years, and it's always been like that.
Not only in the Octagon, but also in life, sometimes I have to take two steps back to take one step forward.
The mentality is nonstop, to work for what you want, your mind keeping your body in the best shape possible.