Sometimes I flashback and say, 'Wow I'm still doing this. Wow, it's crazy.' And I'm very thankful, but I think my body needs a rest.Collection: Thankful
It's never late to go after your dreams. All it takes is believing and hard work.Collection: Dreams
I don't think Apple would be making the computers, the iPhone, being the top electronics company it is, if Steve Jobs didn't have some regrets over mistakes he made and learned to overcome them.Collection: Computers
My mindset as an athlete and as a man is to accept what God is asking me to do and to live my life expressing God's word.
I want to create a better environment for the kids who look up to me. I want them to know I'm not a perfect man, but I am a man who is willing to pay the price to do what is right. That's who I am.
We don't have any kind of sponsors. The players invest themselves. They need money. They need resources... That's why, in sports and teams, they have sponsors - in soccer, in the NFL. Everyone has sponsors who invest and help to pay daily expenses.
I don't like this little word 'if.' If we start adding 'if, if, if,' that means I wouldn't conquer anything completely.
I have the most loyal fans that have been with me since I was 19 years old, when I was just a young guy becoming a world champion.
I'm very proud to tell you guys I have been accepted into Stanford University, one of the main institutions of learning and research in the world.
I learned that education and sport are the bedrock for any person, but education comes first, no doubt about it.
I'm not retiring, because when you retire, you're still getting paid. I'm not getting paid, so I'm not retiring.
In the natural life, we eat, we drink water, we give birth, we pay taxes. In the spiritual life, we can only reach it by faith.
My body is not the same anymore for training. It's too much pain. I did more than 14 surgeries. I left everything in the Octagon.
You're going to have to swallow Vitor Belfort. I'm going to reinvent myself and come back different every time.
People say, 'Oh, so you should retire.' Yeah, you want me to retire so you won't get knocked out. I won't retire.
Eighteen years doing this, my friend. Eighteen years - combat sport. I think you will not find this in history, I believe.
I started very young... I learned my martial arts first in the street. There were always fights. That's the culture in Brazil.
With Carlson Gracie, who saw something in me, I started learning and loved mixing together the martial arts.
You've got to respect your body and know the time to transition to what's next. A lot of athletes cannot transition. They don't have nothing to do after.