Dan Henderson

“Anything can happen in a fight.”

“Anderson Silva is a little bit smaller than Quinton Jackson, although naturally he is a little bit bigger than I am. He is definitely a more refined striker, but I have more of a reach advantage. His strength is getting into the clinch and beating guys up in there, but that happens to be my strength.”

“Mousasi is a skilled fighter and very relaxed inside the cage.”

“Normally that's not my type of fight, a little bit boring.”

“It's always nicer to fight lighter guys, but it's always fun to not cut weight and eat up to weigh-ins. Whatever. It doesn't matter to me.”

“I'm completely content with who I am.”

“I think I can put a game plan together to beat anyone out there.”

“I am pretty excited about fighting on the UFC 100 show.”

“The early labels confused people - no-holds-barred, cage-fighting. But now the general public realizes what MMA is and that you just can't climb off a bar stool and get in there.”

“Listen, Anderson Silva's fought everybody. It's not like he's ducking fights.”

“I've got a sweet tooth so I like a lot of different junk foods and candies, but I don't eat them a lot.”

“I'm an advocate of MMA and representing the sport well and when you don't do that that's when I'm not really a big fan of you.”

“The payout scale in MMA is much different than boxing. The promoter gets the majority of the money in MMA as opposed to boxing where the fighters get the lion's share.”

“Other than being injured, if I'm healthy, in shape and ready to fight that day, it doesn't matter who they want me to fight. I'll fight, especially if I'm champ.”

“I'd like to fight Jon Jones more than I'd like to fight Anderson Silva. Just because I have less respect for him as a person than Anderson.”

“I feel like over the years I've fought guys as good or better than Jake on the ground that are great at submissions. I'm not too bad there myself, so I'm not really too concerned too much about it. But I am also aware that that's probably the biggest danger for me when fighting Jake Shields, but I'm going to be very comfortable there.”

“What made Pride unique was the show they put on. It was the production, not just the fights. They had great fights but they had a great show, especially if you're there live. You got a little sense of it on TV, but the live events were phenomenal.”

“The UFC does listen to the fans sometimes.”

“I wish they judged the fight based on how you look after the fight.”

“With Anderson Silva, I just had a bad night. I was flat. I didn't have the best weight cut, and it showed. I had a good first round but then just felt zapped. I felt OK but not my best - and against someone like Anderson, you have to be your best.”