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“I think I'm the best in the world at 170 pounds, so why would I need to go down? If, at some point, I beat everyone at 170, I'd consider going up. If I've eliminated all my challenges, yeah, at that point I would consider going up.”
“I think a lot of fans don't know MMA that well. They don't understand the subtleties.”
“Obviously, everyone knows it is hard to hang it up, but I'm definitely going to try and do it the right way and not like how combat athletes have done and hold on too long for every last fleeting moment. I don't want to be one of those people.”
“If my team and family are happy for me, I'm not going to let what some fans think affect me in any way.”
“Dana White ain't going to take care of you the second after you can't make him a whole bunch of money.”
“I don't give a damn about my record.”
“A male athlete's peak, I believe, should be somewhere between 26 and 30.”
“If you can't play the good guy, sometimes you've got to play the villain.”
“It's like, hey, I've done what I could do, I've accomplished a lot, and now this - especially with wrestling - if this next generation wants to pass me up, great job. Good for them.”
“I don't like Jay Hieron very much. He just bothers me, the way he talks, and he thinks very highly of himself.”
“When I couldn't sign with the UFC, I think my goal of being Number 1 in the world went out the window. There's just no way of doing that at Welterweight without being in the UFC. I could go 50-0, and as long as it's outside the UFC, I'm not going to be Number 1.”
“Listen folks, if you want your son to grow up to be a man, don't have him run around on a field kicking a ball; get him wrestling.”
“Having the letters UFC behind my name is not the be-all, end-all it is for someone. Some people think once they get into the UFC, that's it.”
“I'm more of a purist competitor, and I enjoy the fighting aspect of it, but people enjoy my personality, and they enjoy that I tell the truth.”
“I just like taunting people.”
“I've been around the block. I travel a lot to gyms.”
“Every single time you compete, I don't care what it is, you want to perform the best you can, and I feel like I'm doing that.”
“When someone decides to come into the UFC, and they don't have a combat sports background, you're kind of thinking, 'Does he really understand what he's getting into?'”
“Wrestling is a worldwide sport. It's totally international.”