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I think I should stay retired.
Dennis Siver, he's a tough guy.
I have my own morals I live by.
I wish I owned the UFC, you know?
I should have never fought at 145.
I got a wonderful life back in Hawaii.
As life goes on, life just gets harder.
I separate my family life from fighting.
This is my wife. MMA is my wife. For life.
I never even thought I would be in the UFC.
I don't want to be a shell of my former self.
Being the champ is fake, all of that is all fake.
The training camps are tough, going through that.
Fighting is my whole life, the UFC is my whole life.
I'd feel OK facing anyone for the welterweight title.
I'm a purist, and I'm more a fighter than an athlete.
The UFC is martial arts and it's all about technique.
I thought I would go win 100 in a row with 100 knockouts.
Honestly, I don't have any special techniques for Sean Sherk.
My lasting legacy now is just going to be in highlight reels.
As far as Mike Dolce goes, I would never hire him again for anything.
Maybe the word they should use instead of Motivated Penn is Prepared Penn.
I'd like to fight welterweight and lightweight at the same time if I could.
There's more opportunity for me to get three UFC belts at 145 than going to 185.
When I was 22 years old, I wanted to become the lightweight champion of the world.
The second Hughes fight was a huge reality check. But it didn't hit me right away.
2017 is going to be the biggest year for martial arts in the history of the Earth.
Martial arts was founded on the spirit that it's not only a sport, but a way of life.
I'm definitely excited to be a part of the UFC spreading out globally around the world.
I guess being a competitor, you always have that itch. But what it is is... it's tough.
That's the mark of a man, just keeping your head up, right? Not taking the easy way out.
It ain't the technique, it ain't the speed, it ain't the power. It's who wants it the most.
Tsunamis are always big news around Hilo, grew up always getting ready to escape a tsunami.
I'm not just a guy that will walk in the ring and somebody's going to walk across and crush me.
My dad took us to a couple of karate classes when we were young but we didn't really get into it.
Maybe if I had made the move in my early 20s it would have been different. But I did not feel good at 145.
Out of Brazil, they're always gonna have another Wanderlei Silva, another Minotauro, another Anderson Silva.
I look for ways to try to build the sport, ways to put more fans in the seats and more money in our pockets.
I definitely like the rubber guard. I always try to use it, especially when I'm just grappling or at the gym.
I'm sure there are people in all sports that bend the rules but I'm not going to sit here and point the finger.
Back then, 22, I just loved the sport so much. It was such an exciting time, it was fun. It was an amazing ride.
I want to get one more world title. Three titles at three weight classes, and without a doubt 145 is my best option.
I would never take a fight with someone to one-up someone else. You know, you do things because you want to do them.
I don't miss a three-month training camp. I don't miss fight week. But I do miss being the baddest man on the planet.
I guess looking back you're only as good as you think you are. You can lie to yourself and that's what you have to do.
Anybody they ever offer me in fighting, I'll probably never be surprised, unless it's the guy's first fight in the UFC.
Jon Fitch is a great opponent, a tough opponent, but St. Pierre brings the whole backing of Canada with him to a fight.
I guess growing up, it was pretty much a normal life, as I got older I used to get into some fights but nothing unusual.
This is a fight. This isn't putting a ball in a hole. This has always been a fight for me, and I just love it when it's that way.
Some days you think nothing surprises you anymore and other times I'm thinking I can't believe this journey and how it went down.