When I'm 40, I'm gonna look back, and I really, really hope I won't regret anything.Collection: Hope
I'm always trying to be in a positive mindset, no matter the situation.Collection: Positive
I don't think I was ready to become what I was gonna be. Cause in my mind, I'm gonna be at that Conor McGregor level. I'm gonna be up there. I want to be more famous than that. Not necessarily that I want to be, but I know I'm going to be.Collection: Famous
I feel like I'm good at always just being myself.
You are who you surround yourself with, and that's the truth. I'm surrounding myself with the baddest dudes in the world.
I don't know if pressure is the right word but I enjoy the anticipation and the hype for people either wanting to see me win or lose, it really doesn't matter to me, as long as they're watching that fight. I really enjoy all the feelings that come with building up a fight.
You just have to get good at what you're already good at, and my style just happens to be entertaining. And so, I definitely don't go, Oh, I'm going to try to do some flashy stuff so I can get $50,000 extra dollars.'
Every opponent underestimates me because of the hair, the outfits, for whatever reason it is. Then I get in there with them and it's like, oh, he is as good as he says he is. It's not just talk.
I said it before and I'll say it again, I think I have the best striking in MMA.
I lose every day.
I speak my mind.
Every fight that I go into, I'm okay with losing.
I'm gonna be a main event that's making millions.
I have legitimate skills.
I wouldn't say I prefer being the underdog because at the end of the day I don't really care, but it is different and it's a little boost.
I think the higher level guys I fight, the better 'Suga' you guys are going to get.
The UFC needs a champion like me.
My first coach, Johnny Aho, he believed in me. I could have been fighting Anderson Silva, and he would say 'You could beat him. You're going to knock him out. You're too fast. You're too good. You'll knock this guy out.'
I don't want to have to write a check to a management team for really not doing much.
That's just a natural human tendency, it's also a mental weakness when you are jealous of someone else's success. That's just a mental weakness really.
I'm very, very confident in my jiu-jitsu.
You've got to make as much money as you possibly can.
I'm gonna be a world champ someday, 100 percent.
You just have to get as good as you can at what you're good at to excel in the sport.
I got royalties from Reebok. If I read it right - which I think I did, and I even sent it to my dad like, 'Did I read this right?' and he said yes, so unless we both can't read - Reebok made over a million dollars on all my merch, and I got like $3,000.
Some people, I get it, I understand why they don't, they're not getting pay-per-view points. But I should be.
I've been playing video games since I was a little kid, and I've had a couple people say, 'Why don't you stream? Why don't you stream?'
I've been very active on social media, and you can't care what people think.
I really do plan on staying with the UFC. I think I belong in the UFC. But also if I'm going to get offered twice as much money to go do something else - I love boxing.
Like, there has to be a massive fight for me to watch the UFC. I would rather play 'Call of Duty,' for the most part.
To me, it's just like I love fighting and it's a business. I'm trying to make the right decisions.
I like to be a part of my deal. I like to be directly in communication with all my brand deals, the UFC specifically, everyone.
With kicks you either check them, step in, you eat it or pull out.
I always close my eyes after every fight.
Yeah, my speed is definitely my biggest advantage, I'd say.
I'm stupid enough to get a tattoo on my face. But I'm smart enough to get a fake one to see if I like it first.
Every fight I go into, I plan on not getting hit. I plan on me being that much faster and better.
I hit people on the chin. I put people to sleep by putting it right on the chin.
Yeah, I think there's just so many good fighters out there that are just not signed due to the UFC can't have an unlimited roster. But I think there's just that many good fighters out there.
I think every year, each division is going to get deeper and deeper and deeper.
I've delivered knockouts in the first round. It's translated into UFC fighting.
What I'm looking for is to be in the top 10.
I believe Petr will bring the best out of me. I thought Pedro Munhoz was going to. People talk about that fight - wasn't blah, blah, blah. He didn't hit me once. It wasn't going his way, let's just say that.
I understand jujitsu. I've been doing it for a long time.
I don't think of Chito as the best grapple in the world. I do think of him as a high level grappler. But I trained with high level grapplers, so I don't think he's going to surprise me with anything.
I'm fast and I hit people accurately.
I don't really watch YouTube boxing, I don't really watch boxing, I don't honestly really watch UFC ever.
I have a lot to prove, even to the rest of the UFC roster.
Obviously, the Pedro Munhoz fight didn't play out the way I wanted it to.
I couldn't, if I wanted to, go in there, and then I'm just going to be a grinder wrestler. I'm not going to do that. I just couldn't.