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My wife is very supportive.
At the end of the day, UFC is a business.
I'm a smaller guy, so I train at a high pace.
I'm very well-rounded. It's mixed martial arts.
I don't care if my opponents are cheating or not.
UFC has failed to market and promote me appropriately.
I hope people can remember me as the greatest. Who knows?
The first time I saw a commercial for my fight was UFC 210.
I work way too hard in the gym to woo the judges and just skate by.
I don't like to disrespect people or my opponents. Anything can happen.
I don't bash my company. I don't bash my opponents. I don't miss weight.
I focus on staying healthy, going to the gym, and I go out there and fight.
I'm not looking for people to put that vote on me to be prom king of the UFC.
That's one of the things I loved about Pride: the first round was ten minutes.
In the beginning of your mixed martial arts career, you're not making good money.
Usain Bolt is the fastest man in the land; I'm the fastest man in mixed martial arts.
I'm a black-and-white type of dude. If you say something, I believe you're gonna do it.
I think 15 to 18 title defenses is something that would be in the record books forever.
I don't allow people's outlook on me dictate what I do in my life and how I live my life.
'Super Contra' was the game I fell in love with. I played and beat that game with my mom.
It's always about bringing in the numbers, the viewership. That's what gets you the money.
That's kind of how I see my workmanship: it's how many hours I put in that makes me better.
For every champion, after you win the belt, you want to defend it as many times as possible.
I'm the type of fighter who has never made an excuse. I fought with a broken rib, broken leg.
I always loved playing video games. It was something my mom did, and my sister played as well.
I never cared who I was going to fight because, at the end of the day, it makes no difference.
Each time I'm training and sparring, I'm always pushing myself to submit my training partners.
You can tell MMA is a carb sport because it's fast; it's explosive. It's not a fat storage sport.
I come from one of the great coaches - Matt Hume, Brad Kertson - and my skill set is well-rounded.
I wake up around 8:30, 8:45. I eat my breakfast, hit the road by 10 A.M., and get to the gym by 11.
I do not like getting hit. I can take a hit, but I don't want to damage my brain if I don't have to.
I think the reason I'm the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world is I beat everyone in my division.
Obviously I'd love to see Demetrious Johnson, you know, 'Demetrious Johnson $500,000 payout baby,' absolutely.
All I can do is make sure Demetrious Johnson does the best he can on fight night and goes out and wins his fights.
Honestly, just all the love and respect from the fans, that's always the biggest thing that puts a smile on my face.
That's the beautiful thing about mixed martial arts - and I'll tell people that - you have to think outside of the box.
Me, I'm a working-class man, and I go to my job, put in the work, and walk away clean and unscathed, and I like it that way.
I want the whole world to watch me fight. But you know if people are just tuning in to hear me trash talk are not fight fans.
MMA has the rudest, most negative, dumbest, ignorant fans in the world - but it also has the most passionate fans in the world.
You look into an encyclopedia and ask what fighter can do any type of martial art at a high-caliber level, my picture will show up.
I'm not going to go out there and have these slugfests, but I'll go out there and dominate my opponent. That's what I do in my fight.
Honestly, I would love to fight Henry Cejudo. You've got that gold medalist in the Olympics, I would love to test myself against that.
When I got into this sport, I thought all I had to do was beat people and finish fights, and everything else would take care of itself.
I don't care about being the champ champ. I want to be the only consecutive 12-time defending champion in any mixed martial arts promotion.
I love fighting for the UFC. It's an amazing company. I've done a lot of great things, and they've done a lot of great things for my career.
Coaching 'The Ultimate Fighter' in my weight class, I couldn't do it. I'd basically be coaching people to beat me. I'm going to give you my riddle?
I've knocked people out from the clinch. I've submitted people from armbars, Kimura, last-second armbars. I've knocked people out with one-hand punch.
For me, I don't need to juice to make weight for my fights. I just do it for the health benefits - to keep my body healthy and to get my greens in me.
Some days I have off like Thursday and Sunday but typically Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday are dedicated to training if I'm in fight camp.
A lot of people misunderstand what it means to have good cardio. Good cardio is when you are able to push the fight, and I've shown that in all of my fights.