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I never aspired to be 2nd. I was taught... you can do whatever you want in this world, so why not be the best in the world?
I just like when a guy dresses for comfort, to be honest. If he takes longer to get ready than I do, that's a deal breaker.
When I'm totally in tune with myself, and I'm flowing, it don't matter who I'm fighting; that's just a problem for anybody.
When you want your body to perform at a high level, it's important to make sure you are giving your body quality nutrients.
At the end of the day, it's a big difference to get the draw than to get the win, but I'll take either over a loss any day.
The only problem with Pride was guys would try to slip through the ropes to escape. But other than that, I love Pride rules.
The first thing I usually do after a fight is apologize to my coaches because I didn't do one damn thing they told me to do.
I need to show my son that when things get hard and rough - not if, when - you have to keep going; you have to move forward.
Triangle chokes are the refuge for cowards. I would never stoop to that level of locking my legs around a man and squeezing.
New sales managers are the forgotten rookie - they were pros at selling, but all of a sudden they're a rookie at management.
My jiu-jitsu is very good, and anytime I'm able to show what my coaches and my team are capable of doing, I really enjoy it.
Playboy in Brazil is like a rich boy, but I've never been a rich boy. My family is not rich. Actually, I help all my family.
You can't cuss on TV. It does hurt your brand if you do stuff like that. That's not what blue chip sponsors are looking for.
One of the lessons I learned in all those years practicing karate is that progress only comes in small incremental portions.
The first time I crawled into the octagon, I just felt like an animal, you know? Like a creature, like I wasn't quite human.
When you first start to do jiu-jitsu everyone has the goal of being a black belt. You want to be great at everything you do.
There are no other factors that cause me stress when I get inside the Octagon. I guess that's an advantage of getting older.
I have been involved in this sport since I was eight years old, so, hopefully, I can train and coach athletes down the line.
Every fight, I'm fighting blind opponents. I don't know who it's going to be, who I'm fighting, if I'm really fighting them.
How many other people get a chance to be remembered forever? And that's what I really want. I want to be remembered forever.
The thing that gets me up in the morning is that I’m really not ready to see someone that I know I can beat holding my belt.
I try not to get caught up on how cool I am. That way nothing ever gets done. I'm always thinking about what I haven't done.
There's a lot around us that we can't control, but my body, my mind, and my soul are pretty much the only things that I can.
It took me two years to get a title shot off a split-decision loss to Dominick Cruz that the UFC told me they thought I won.
Champions know that there's something inside that makes a champion, and other people think that it might something external.
Almost every single one of my fights was the fight of the night and the public was always interested in watching me compete.
Fighting is pure chaos, and to be a good fighter you simply have to be prepared mentally and physically to handle that chaos.
Everybody's beatable. Mixed martial arts, there's many ways to win, and that also means there are many ways to lose, as well.
There's no secret I love professional wrestling. It's not just the money all the time, I love wrestling, and I love fighting.
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.
My diet is usually pretty consistent whether I'm training for a specific fight or not. I don't like to mess too much with it.
You beat him verbally. You beat him mentally, and then finally, you beat him physically. That's the three ways to beat a man.
As a champion and one of the best fighters in the world, guys should always step up to the plate and want to fight Jon Jones.
I believe that I will represent this sport in the best light possible. I won't mess it up. I won't get myself in any trouble.
I don't want to sound arrogant or cocky, but taking a fight on short notice against 'Cowboy,' you have to be mentally strong.
For a while, I drank the juice - I did things the way everybody else said to. I listened to their advice. But it didn't work.
I have a very good ground game and very good wrestling. People just underestimate it. That's it. I want to keep it like that.
If you think, you can become successful and you are willing to learn and work at success, one day you will become successful.
I didn't have to fight. I chose to fight. I believe God put me on this Earth to be able to do this and do it at a high level.
Not many fighters respect Chael Sonnen because he's in the wrong sport. He should be in pro-wrestling with a mouth like that.
I really enjoyed playing rugby. I loved the camaraderie with the other athletes. It was kind of like fighting. Team fighting.
I am leaps and bounds better than Henry Cejudo. I greatly believe that. But unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to prove it.
There are two things that you have to do in life: You have to die, and you have to live until you die. The rest is up to you.
Being ready is state of mind... It's a mentality. Do you think your the best in the world? Do you work hard every single day?
Sonnen always appeared as the nice guy, consoling his fighters, while my scenes were all of me with ugly face. It was biased.
My best advice for mental training is simply to create good habits, in order to build a sense of security and calm around you.
When you fight in the UFC and train with the guys that I train with, you learn that there is always still a lot of work to do.
I no fight for the money because I work hard for UFC for long time. I have money for my family. But I fight because I love it.
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.
For me, it's all about training and fighting. I would rather do without the attention, but I know it comes with the territory.