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I believe in fate.
My mind is strong.
I study this sport.
Can't nobody handle me.
I'm a man on a mission.
I fractured my left foot.
I'm not the guy to call the cops.
I'm not the ugliest guy in the world.
I am what I am. I don't regret anything.
I got into this sport to make a statement.
Fans want to see a fight and be entertained.
There's a blessing in everything that happens to us.
I think Mike Perry is a guy the fans actually care about.
I will be unhappy if RDA ducks me. I will be very unhappy.
You never say never. That's one of the lessons I've learned.
I'm a good, upstanding guy with moral values and core values.
I love to study people, and that's basically what sociology is.
If fans are willing to pay to see you fight, the promoter is happy.
When it comes down to digging, can't nobody dig as hard as I can dig.
One thing about me is that my parents didn't force me to be an athlete.
I work with one of the best striking coaches in the world, Henri Hooft.
They say the body is 70 percent water, and you need that water for a reason.
I've already proved I have what it takes to be the champion. I'm right there.
In other countries, being from somewhere else is celebrated. But not in America.
Fighting is just something that's gonna open doors for things to come in the future.
You can't out-wrestle me. You can't out-strike me. You don't have more power than me.
Listen, anybody can put their head down and throw a haymaker and pray and hope it lands.
Nobody - nobody - in my division wants to fight me, because I am the hardest fight for anybody.
Yes, I came into this sport as just a grappler, but the more I learn, the more it shines in my fights.
It's my job to show up, make weight, and prepare to be a world champion if that opportunity presents itself.
USADA is wonderful, I think they're doing a remarkable job, and they do a remarkable job all around the world.
You don't have to be outlandish and saying crazy things and get out of yourself to get headlines or attention.
When you aren't able to do what makes you dominant, what separates you from the pack, it can throw your mind off.
Crazy things happen in this sport, and you have to be ready. And for me, luck is when preparation meets opportunity.
The fight game has changed to where it's no longer the toughest is fighting the toughest to be the best on the planet.
In my village where I'm from, there's still not running water everywhere. People are still struggling to get clean water.
I always envisioned hearing them say, 'and new,' and wrapping that belt around me and thinking of all the things I was fighting for.
A lot of people are still suffering from water-borne diseases... We want to create something where we can make life better for everyone.
Once you have an opponent in your mind that you're preparing for, you're working on specifics, and you get guys in to mimic what they do.
I'm good everywhere. I can defend the takedowns. I can get a guy down if I want them. I can keep it standing and strike. I can do it all.
Anybody in that welterweight division that think they want this, you know you don't, because I'm a problem. I'm a problem in this division.
When you start out doing something, you never wonder how big is this going to be, or how will I be remembered, or will people even care for me.
There comes a time in our careers that you get that one guy. That guy that just makes your blood boil. That really pulls the savage out of you.
Being able to open up and use my kick would make me so much more dangerous. It wouldn't even be fair to use some of the weapons that we work on.
My parents didn't want me to do this. My dad, when I told him I wanted to wrestle, he told me no, if you're going to play any sports, play baseball.
We never complained, 'We don't have this or that.' Even though we had to plant certain things and harvest them to be able to eat, we never complained.
For what we do training, as a fighter, you have to be able to flip that switch where you turn into that savage, that guy that's prepared to go to war.
Once you sign a contract that states that you're going to have to fight this other man for a substantial amount of money, things change psychologically.
I have an excellent team, a great manager, and we're going to put something together: we're going to start a foundation, and we're going to change lives.
That's why I think that I have a big advantage, because I work on my striking a ton, but I don't forget about my wrestling, what brought me to the dance.