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Food doesn't necessarily have to suck in order to be healthy. It doesn't have to be terrible to be healthy anymore.
If you want to be that world champion, you have to be willing to beat anybody on this planet - no strings attached.
I'm chasing gold. And whatever fight can get me closer to being a world champion, those are the fights that I want.
If they could put us all in a tournament, that'd be the best way, but they're not going to do that here at the UFC.
I'm always scared when I fight. But that fear is what keeps me more alert and more focused. It's good to have fear.
The biggest challenge is learning how to psych yourself up into believing in yourself as you walk into the Octagon.
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.
There's no point in fighting guys when there's no structure, there's no rhyme or reason to who gets the title shot.
Growing up as a wrestler, especially in practice, I think you get used to competing without much of a crowd around.
For me, I want to make sure every single day I wake up and give thanks for everything that I've been given in life.
Finding out that something you have just discovered is considered all but impossible is one of the joys of science.
I do get paid well as an MMA fighter, but this isn't boxing and I feel like we should get paid like this is boxing.
I don't want to look like all the other fighters. I've been proud to not be or act or look like any other fighters.
You want to go out there, and you want to be sharp, and you want to execute your game plan and... get it done fast.
Some people like to call me cocky or arrogant, but I just think 'how dare you assume I should think less of myself'
I don't want little girls to have the same ambitions as me. But I want them to know that it's okay to be ambitious.
Be you and I think people will recognize the special things about yourself. Just be you, and be you to the fullest.
We're in the entertainment business. As much as people would like to say it's sport, it's definitely entertainment.
The only difference about us in here and you guys out there is we're braver for about 15 minutes longer. That's it.
Losing sucks but I look at more what I gained as an individual, as an athlete..sometimes in losing you learn a lot.
I'm an all-around fighter. I do everything. I've got wrestling; I've got Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and I've got striking.
Conor McGregor seems like a good athlete, he seems like a decent counter-puncher. But, he also seems like a scumbag.
Now I'm with the American Top Team, I'm a better fighter, I'm a more patient fighter, I've improved in every aspect.
It's great to be able to fight in Dallas, but to be the main event for a fight card in Dallas is an honor in itself.
Growing up wrestling, you get injured, and they expect you back on the mat in a couple weeks unless it's really bad.
Yes, I was a bully. But the scrapping on the streets was my way of dealing with the anger I felt towards my parents.
You've got Jon Jones, for instance. That guy is the best, one of the best fighters in the world, but he's a cheater.
To lead other people is to be able to impact them in a positive way: mentally, emotionally, spiritually, physically.
I think it's rude of the UFC to try and lowball me and expect me to negotiate a deal while I'm training for a fight.
I like the wrestling and executing the throws. My dad was a wrestler and he showed me some of those techniques, too.
My kids are from Japan. My kids grandparents are from there, and they never really watched me fight back in the day.
To me, to live is to fight. It's about persevering. It's about testing yourself. It's about not becoming complacent.
I don't worry about who they're putting in front of me. Why would I? That's just nonsense for me to waste my energy.
I just want to tailgate, drink beer, and hang out in the middle of nowhere in a pick-up truck. That's my ideal date.
I have the highest takedown defense in the entire welterweight division, maybe the second-highest on the UFC roster.
Fighting Raphael Assunaco isn't that exciting to me. I have nothing against him; he's a good guy and a good fighter.
In 20 years of career and 50 professional fights, I never refused to test or failed to apply for a license to fight.
One of the best things I've ever been told is that it's better for someone to tell you to slow down than to speed 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.
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.
Being strong, showing that you will see things through no matter what comes your way, that's what matters most to me.
Usually, I spar with dudes. When I spar with girls, I worry about how they're feeling, what they're thinking. I care.
To call myself a fighter is to be selfish at times. It makes me resent my opponent. That's motivation I can tap into.
One day you are the hero and the next day you are the zero. I got to take advantage of every opportunity that I have.
I know I can hold two, maybe even three belts. So I have business to take care of back in and around my weight class.
There's people that tried to celebrate when I lost that got nothing to do with it. That's not the sign of a champion.
I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.
The more dangerous the opponent, the better fight I've fought. It always made me move in ways I'd never moved before.
I am a Georgia guy, and I have Brett Favre's card when he played with the Atlanta Falcons. That's my retirement plan.
When great depths of unrelenting sorrow are punctuated by great peaks of joy and liberation, the result is delicious.