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I'll never underestimate 'GSP.'
The sky is the limit when you work hard.
I never even imagined having my own shoe.
Don't think OF your goals, think FROM them.
I only train, I don't know what a break is.
I grew up in a decently tough neighborhood.
Wrestling background, you never talk trash.
I grew up getting bullied and fighting a lot.
I didn't think I was much of a public speaker.
I won't be happy unless I finish Lyoto Machida.
Coming off all my wins I had a lot of criticism.
I want a rematch with Mousasi more than anything.
The only reason I got into MMA was to be the best.
I try to keep a positive attitude about everything.
Winning the middleweight title was an amazing feeling.
There's no ceiling... just a continuation of improvement.
Everybody has a sinful nature pulling them at every turn.
It's just an honor to be part of an apparel brand like Reebok.
When I'm spiritually in the right place, there's no stopping me.
If you get into the habit of cutting corners, they start to add up.
My training varies so much. There's no such thing as a typical day.
A lot of my career I'm out of the gym, I'm injured and I'm blown up.
The truth comes out... I think when you fight you find out who you are
I try to have the same mindset in my practices as I would for my fights.
For me to be able fight in my home state of New York would be a dream come true.
Every single time I defended the belt, it was against the best guy in the world.
I think any time you get beaten down and rise back up again, you become stronger.
I am always in the gym sparring. I look at every fight kind of like a sparring match.
I think there's times where I'm introverted, and there's times where I'm extroverted.
Its about continuing to learn and being open-minded, don't ever think you know it all.
There's bad apples in every type of job, whether it's sports or normal day-to-day jobs.
I want to be undefeated for a while and end my career as one of the greatest of all-time.
I've kind of grew to enjoy fighting legends that I got into the sport watching and admiring.
Training is my life. It's all I've known since I was in second grade, when I started wrestling.
Being the guy that ended the run of the greatest fighter ever will always be attached to my name.
My 'if it's not broken, don't fix it' type attitude might have held me back and made me complacent.
It's a very tough sport. It's a fickle sport. The fans are definitely tough. But it's also kind of motivating.
Boxing, Jiu Jitsu, some good old-fashioned wrestling and plenty of cardio. You name it, it's part of my routine.
One of the big things that I focus on is not having regrets, just taking every opportunity I have and going for it.
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.
To become a world champion, to defeat Anderson Silva, to accomplish my goal in one night, it was a super surreal feeling.
I've beaten Anderson twice, then Lyoto Machida and now Belfort. I'll be proud to have taken down three all-time legends in a row.
Money, autographs, I had no desire to even do that. I fell in love with fighting and those types of things became attached to it.
The first thing I do when I book a fight is I go to the Internet and I print out a picture of the guy and put it on my refrigerator.
I have a Gracie background and a Matt Serra background so I've always used jiu-jitsu but it takes a while to reach black belt level.
I feel like anyone at middleweight, when I have a full training camp, I'm going to go out there and finish them. That's my mentality.
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.
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.
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.