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I'll see trash talk and people telling me why they're favorite fighter is going to beat me. It motivates me for sure.
I don't like to use - I never use - any kind of drugs to help me in my fights. I don't like that. I don't like drugs.
My goal is to keep going out there and defending my belt and stacking up pay cheques to set myself up for the future.
I think we both matured together in this sport, so I think fight between Michael Bisping and myself would mean a lot.
We need to forgive - but mindfully. We need compassion that powered by wisdom. That's the way to address our bullies.
It's not the man who pushes himself the hardest... it's the man who pushes himself the hardest after it gets painful.
The most creative or versatile to date...I don't know, man. That's a good question. I didn't really think about that.
If you're a fan of a fighter, as soon as they lose, don't jump ship. That's when a fighter needs their fans the most.
I got a little bit of the Marine mentality from my dad, I guess. You can't but help absorb the culture you're around.
I also watched boxing all the time and Tuesday Night Fights on USA and just kept hitting my heavy back in the garage.
I wear sunglasses almost all the time outside - not because I think I'm really, really cool, but because of the rays.
The armlock is an armlock, a choke is a choke. How you set it up - is different. Everybody have their personal style.
You don't have to have all the right things in life, all the doors already open for you, in order to do great things.
I'm really articulate when I do my thing - when I speak on the mic, when I do interviews. I'm a colorful personality.
I'm invested in the UFC, but I'm invested in myself at the same time, showing everyone that I am one of the greatest.
I've had five submissions in the first round. I have 3, 4, 5 knockouts. I've had decisions. I've had grinding fights.
The fight world is definitely a masculine thing, but I think it's pretty masculine if someone can avoid a fight also.
Having three kids at home is sometimes like dealing with Democrats and Republicans when you're choosing a restaurant.
When I was young, they used to call me 'foreman,' not because I was in charge, but because I did the work of four men.
Bad sales managers push two buttons: 'more' and 'panic.' Great sales managers have one more button to push: the 'how'.
I took my first fight in the UFC on short notice. I took my first big fight against a top-five guy on ten days notice.
I do some weightlifting, a lot of different weight stuff, strength and conditioning stuff, a little bit of everything.
When I'm training at home, I have five meals for the day that I just heat up. It's all planned, and that's what I eat.
You're speechless sometimes when you think of the support you've had from the first day I've started wrestling to now.
For a long time, I felt like my identity was to fight. My identity was to be a world champion. That almost defined me.
I'm ready to live in the present - not the past and not in the future - because in the present is where there's peace.
I signed a contract to fight at UFC 187, so I'm going to fight at UFC 187, whoever it is against. It's the same thing.
I want to fight only dangerous guys. Whenever I've done that in my career, I've stepped up and risen to the challenge.
The goal is to avoid mediocrity by being prepared to try something and either failing miserably or triumphing grandly.
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.
The business changes every day, and you should be willing to change with it. You have to be willing to change with it.
To be happy is very important to do a great performance because you have to be comfortable; your mind has to be clear.
For me, 'The Ultimate Fighter' has been massive. I think it is a fantastic vehicle to find the new talent of tomorrow.
Once I started fighting in UFC, things took a big U-turn. After my second fight, I came home and paid my mortgage off.
A boxer is like a lion, the greatest predator on land, but you throw him in the shark tank and he's just another meal.
When I am fighting I am keeping my mind empty for any expectations. I am waiting for something unique, completely new.
You don't appreciate what you have when it all comes to you real quick. I went from nothing to everything all at once.
The confusing thing is we now live in a society where it's not illegal to be an asshole, but it's illegal to slap one.
I like to be part of the change I want to see in the world. Not being afraid of criticism is actually a big advantage.
I'm unbelievably ticklish. When I was a little kid, my sisters would hold me down and tickle me until I peed my pants.
Any time you have to tell work where you're at and what you're doing, that's considered an employee, not a contractor.
Urijah is the one who got me in the sport, he's the one who talked me into fighting instead of going into grad school.
The whole bad-boy image was for the cage, and that's it. It wasn't an act because it came from a passion for fighting.
Wrestling encompasses hard work, dedication, sacrifice, and determination - there's just nothing like it in any sport.
If someone gets into the Super Bowl, should they stop trying to get back into the Super Bowl? You gotta be kidding me.
I live in Las Vegas and I like my money, but I don't gamble, but I said to my wife I want to put a $100,000 on Shogun.
Maybe one day when I'm retired, I can turn around and tell you, 'Hey, I was really good at that. Maybe I was the best.'
I've got a family, and I get to enjoy my family, and I get to do different things, trying the movie thing a little bit.
You really have to humble yourself and take your ass whippings to understand that you can learn something from somebody
The truth is, a large majority of the market, I'd guess 80 percent, doesn't know anything more than what they are sold.