I've got a lot of respect for Brazil.Collection: Respect
My pace alone is unstoppable. No one can keep my pace.Collection: Alone
I don't ever cross the line. I step right up to it. I put my toes on the line, but I don't ever cross that line. There are some barriers you just don't cross - you don't talk about religion; you don't talk about race. Those are lines I will never cross.
I was actually born in Sacramento, in Rocklin, which is a suburb of Sacramento. I lived there for the first 8 years of my life.
I'm not a liar; I'm a truth teller.
Sao Paulo is a dump. That's a known fact.
Sprinkle in a bit of pro wrestling in MMA is good. You get the fans talking. They want that drama.
Super villains and bad guys win in real life.
Ben Askren is a joke. The guy has no skills.
In the wrestling world, we say the Judo guys are just the leftover wrestlers that couldn't make the wrestling team.
All these guys that want to act tough and act like they're hard in the street, that's cool, man. I'm glad you want to act hard, and your emotions are driving crazy, but you need to get out of your feelings, nerds.
Brazil is a dump.
Malki Kawa, he doesn't know what he's doing. He doesn't know how to do business.
Brazil hates me. Oh, big deal. Cry me a river, build a bridge, and walk over it.
'Star Wars' is for nerds and virgins.
Who retires before they even get to the UFC? Losers, that's who.
It's not OK to condone violence because of free speech.
My schtick is trolling people. I love getting a rouse out of people and making them angry.
I'd love to go to Russia and silence that crowd and give the Russian fans something to cry about.
The real reason Tyron Woodley doesn't want to fight me is because the last time we were in the gym together, I broke him.
I'm a bad person.
I know I'm going to lose friends, and I'm going to go on the road less traveled with less people. But at the end of the day, I'm not trying to make friends; I'm trying to make the most money possible.
I don't care about people's feelings, and I'm triggering people worldwide.
I'm the ultimate professional.
Every time the UFC offers something, I just take it.
I've never asked for more money, not one time in my career. I fought Demian Maia for $30,000. The No. 2 guy in the world, I was fighting for $30,000. So I don't care about money.
I'm in this to be the best fighter in the world, to put on entertaining shows, and to please the fans.
When I fight, people are going to watch me fight. They're not gonna turn the channel to 'Real Housewives of OC' like they will other fighters.
Everybody's calling me out. Why do you think everybody wants to fight me? I'm the money fight.
I'm the biggest draw. I do the biggest numbers in this division, and it's not even close. There's a reason all these guys want to fight me. They don't want to fight Tyron Woodley. Because I'm the biggest fight and the biggest draw in the division.
I think that people live in safe spaces these days; they don't want to deal with the controversy and the drama.
Usman's a scrub, man. He's not relevant. No one cares about him. People don't want to see him fight.
Being at American Top Team, I get the best fighters and best trainers in the world.
As far as standup goes, I really feel like I can stand and bang and trade with anybody in the game.
I don't really feel like rankings mean anything.
I'm looking for three belts. I'm looking to do something that's never been done in this sport. I wanna go down to 155. I wanna go up to 185 and take the belt.
Robert Whittaker hasn't been that impressive. He got knocked out by choir boy Stephen Thompson.
I know that my grappling is up there with any grappler in the division.
I've really taken a lot of time to work on my Karate, worked on my kickboxing, and Muay Thai.
I'm not just a wrestler anymore. I'm a very well-rounded fighter.
I'll use wrestling if I need to in fights, but maybe I'll fight another wrestler, and you'll find out how good my striking is.
Everybody in the world knows how good I am.
Tyron Woodley knows how good I am.
I'd probably be, like, a 2-to-1 favorite over Woodley if we fought.
Demian Maia is a one-trick pony.
Tyron Woodley can't top me, and Demian Maia has no chance to stop me.
I'm always training, whether I'm training my mind, or I'm training my body. I'm always doing something.
If I can't do one thing, which is a lower body exercise, then I'm gonna use my upper body, and I'm gonna get stronger upper body. If I'm not getting stronger upper body, I'll be working on my cardiovascular - swimming or other exercises where I can get my heart rate up.
If the UFC wanted to give me Warlley Alves, I would show them how chump change he is. And I'd show them how much of a fluke it was that he caught me in a lucky submission.
It gets a little tough when you're cutting weight to travel all over the place, when you want to focus on really getting yourself ready to peak for your fight.