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I always want to prove that I've improved.
I'm just looking for matches that make sense.
Anytime I can take a fight, I feel good doing it.
You want to be respected by your bosses and peers.
I was rocking everyone at 135 and putting them down.
I have watched 'Wolf of Wall Street' like eight times.
Dominick Cruz is a great opponent, he has an amazing style.
My goal is to be UFC champion, and my eyes are on that prize.
Life is crazy. It goes in directions that you could never guess.
I love crying. I pick movies to go see with the intention of crying.
The punches that don't knock you out are the ones you feel the most.
To me, the best part about winning the belt is hugging my wife after.
I hate when people come out after a fight and they talk about injuries.
I think there's no one out there more deserving of a title shot than me.
One person I lost to at 135 was the champion at the time, Dominick Cruz.
Fans are going to give you crap no matter what sexual orientation you are.
My three most impressive fights have been against black belts in jiu-jitsu.
I'm so passionate and love the craft of movies and watch them over and over.
People do that all the time - they switch teams, switch coaches, switch camps.
Cejudo would be awesome. It would be an honor to go out and fight an Olympian.
Fighting was the only way I felt self-worth, with people thinking I was the best.
I like to say I eat black belts for breakfast. They're just great match-ups for me.
My dream has always been to be a UFC champion. It wasn't to be a main event fighter.
Our first job is to go out there and fight - not to do backflips or have a mustache.
For me, I've been a part of a super-team in Team Alpha Male for so much of my career.
And that's what I want to do, fight the best guys, the toughest guys to prove I am the best.
When the UFC announced that 125 tournament, I remember thinking, 'Finally, this is my spot.'
I wasn't fighting in this sport from the beginning for any other reason than being the best.
I'm in a small percentage of people that get to do what they love to do for a living. I'm lucky.
Everyone wants respect from your peers and from fans. No better way to do it than beat Miguel Torres.
That's what Dominick Cruz does. He wins decisions and he has that down to a science. He's great at it.
Not having to compensate for always being at a size disadvantage allows me to unleash all of my skills.
Everything happens just like it's supposed to happen; you've just got to roll with it and keep moving forward.
Being the first flyweight champion would be history. I'd be immortal. No matter what I do, that's always there.
When I say I wasn't a 'meant to be' guy, I've almost been jaded in the sport, where I don't believe in anything.
I just need to remember even if I don't get the title, I have an awesome life and an awesome family and friends.
Persevering is a fight. That's what a fight is. You face something, you persevere through it, you meet it head on.
The thing is, it's really hard to be the No. 1 absolute best in the world at something, no matter what you're doing.
When you go in there and fight, you pretty much relinquish and give up the right to make any excuses about something.
I'm not going to bag on people and make funny jokes about my opponent. I just respect every opponent I go in against.
We have physical therapy there now so any fighter with an injury in the UFC can come to Vegas and get treatment every day.
I've realized that I can't control what the hell everyone else is gonna do. People are crazy. People want different things.
I believe in my skill 100 percent, that I can go out there and beat Demetrious Johnson and give him the best fight there is.
My wife... so grateful for that. Nothing can be bad - going home and having someone making you feel like the best every day.
Taking punches to the face at six in the morning, it's funny to hear that but, like, I'm grateful that I'm capable to do that.
I've trained different places with different people my whole career. I'm going to continue to do so. It's always been a journey.
I'm not a guy who typically has an after-party. I like to have pizza in my hotel room with the people that went out to support me.
I'm going to be world champion and have a belt, and people will correctly be able to say I was the best instead of I was very good.
I've been lucky. I've been in that top two or three for 11 years at two weight classes. It's been a crazy journey. It's been awesome.
It makes you not believe in anything, when you do every single thing you can do right, and then there's still some way to mess it up.