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I've made it very clear to you all that I will never again fight for this promotion, the U.F. Circus. Fixed fights, and I can prove it!
Machida is not a bad guy; he's a victim of the brazilian education system. There are better ways to get electrolytes than drinking piss.
When I speak and say I am the best in the world and have the capability to dominate everybody in my weight class, I really believe that.
My ultimate goal was always that I want to be known as one of the greatest of all time. The first step was obviously to be UFC champion.
They say people from small towns have big dreams and that pretty much describes me. I had big dreams growing up and I'm still a dreamer.
Any top-level athlete, it's always the same. There's always that hint of arrogance there... It's hard to be humble when you're the best.
My confidence comes from knowing I do the right things in my life. I do the right things in the gym. I do the right things all together.
Fighting in the UFC means that I'm at the top of the sport, and it means that I'm able to pursue my goal of being a champion in the UFC.
Dana White hides behind a microphone and behind a TV camera and spouts off and calls people names because he doesn't like their opinion.
A loss is just a loss. You get up again, dust yourself off, go at it again regardless of the circumstances. That's the way I look at it.
I used to be weak - as did all British fighters - with wrestling, because we don't have high school wrestling or college wrestling here.
Benson is a champion. I'd be lying to you if I said I wasn't scared to death inside this cage, stepping into the cage with that monster.
I do MMA, but I feel like a pro wrestler at heart. That's why I fight the way I fight in MMA. That's why I slam people and stuff around.
Sometimes it doesn't always say Niagara Falls there, but you better believe, I represent Niagara Falls every time I step in the octagon.
I was a huge Mike Tyson fan, would sit through the night watching boxing matches and would hit the bag at every opportunity I would get.
When you're winning, your confidence is through the roof, but when you're losing, that self-doubt is like, 'Am I doing the right thing?'
I had little problems during high school. It seemed like I was always getting into trouble in summer, going in and out of juvenile hall.
I've had friends who have been beaten up by police officers who put phone books in their T-shirts and then beat them up, then drive off.
Let's put the cards on the table. Real is real. If I was a different complexion, I think people and fans would treat me a different way.
The thing I hate about mixed martial arts is that it's no longer a sport. It's a big-money business, and it's an entertainment industry.
This guy Jimmie Rivera, I like his attitude. I like what he represents. He's a hard-working guy, he's a respected guy, a respectful guy.
I love the sport. I don't have to work. It's a kind of work we're doing, but if you can do what you love every day, that means something.
I'm open-minded and never think I know everything. I actually feel like I know nothing, and that allows me to learn on a different level.
You just have to realize that Jet Li is a movie star. He's great at what he does, but if he stepped into our world he wouldn't last long.
Don't be indecisive and unstable in all your ways. Rather, walk in the strength, confidence, and boldness that come from decisive action.
I went and worked at a TV station in Stillwater. I was actually account manager for commercial accounts, selling ad space and everything.
The fans are most important... when it comes to the entertainment industry. They are the ones that matter most, and they should be heard.
I knew I wanted to fight. It's a great way to continue competing and not to mention actually make money. You can make a career out of it.
I hate the stereotype that women who fight are 'butch' or 'wannabe men.' It's nice to be able to embrace being a beautiful, strong woman.
A person like Roy Nelson, a lot of people can relate to him. A lot of Americans look like him, especially where I come from in the South.
I'm more dramatic than other people are, or I just show it more. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I have a lot of passion.
If you bring in testosterone outside your body, it probably stops producing it because it thinks you're going to get it from the outside.
I'm a Catholic, and not because I just happened to wake up as a Catholic. I'm not going to be persuaded on any topic, especially not that.
'This guy's a clown! He's just all talk!' I've heard that many times in my career. And then they're sleeping in the middle of the octagon.
The people who complain the loudest about never having an opportunity in life are usually the ones who have no idea what they really want.
I'm my own biggest critic, so no matter what was being said in the media or being said by fans, I feel the worst when I disappoint myself.
Innovation is a discipline not a lottery... It comes from the combination of two elements within my control: hard work and openmindedness.
Traveling around, being able to see all those cities, being with all the fans. Different people, different ways of life - it was exciting.
As far as MMA, I want to say there's maybe five guys that do jiu-jitsu that have an actual level of understanding when it comes to boxing.
I'm just trying to be a better fighter every time I compete, so it's all about being more strategic and looking for a way to get a finish.
To me, everything is a joke in MMA when it comes to serious topics because you can't really talk seriously about anything in our business.
There are not many heavyweight fighters to come by, so having so many sparring partners is a big luxury a lot of other fighters don't have.
I have a taekwondo background, but I also try to invent new moves and make sure that when I step into the Octagon, I'm a different fighter.
As long as you fight, you cannot lose... if you leave everything out there, it doesn't matter if you win or lose. To me you can never lose.
Once I started wrestling, I really got into it, and I just knew that I wanted to do that - I wanted to wrestle all the way through college.
From the very beginning, every time I trained for a fight, I didn't train to beat the guy I was fighting. I trained to beat Anderson Silva.
I think some of the most important exercises are all the core exercises that you can do to maximize training in certain areas of your body.
I have absolutely no dancing background. I think I took one swing class when I was in college, with a friend of mine. I think I went twice.
At five years old, I became the man of the house. When he left, my dad let me know that. It put a certain drive in me that I can't explain.
I really didn't want to enter the UFC in a fight that nobody really cared about or where people thought I was just going to whoop some guy.