Donald Cerrone

“I train every day and do what I love.”

“MMA makes you sore and tired every day. I wonder what we're going to be like when we're 50 or 60. I wake up some mornings and just say, 'Oh, God.' And then I go scuba diving.”

“I would fight every month. Think about the finances I would have. That would be financial freedom.”

“Everyone at home sitting on their couches, they think it's so easy to fight. Stepping inside that cage is probably the hardest thing in the world to do. I truly believe that.”

“I remember kickboxing and traveling the world when I was young. I would go to Japan or Africa, and I would go for the experience. As soon as I got off the plane, we'd go have a good time, party. Fighting was just the outlet of what I was doing there.”

“That Evan Dunham fight, I went back to not being serious. I was going to the lake and literally brought some wrestling mats down with me. We have a shop at the lake where we park the boat. I'd throw the mats in there, wakeboard all day, and train all night. I was having a good time, getting back to work.”

“Who am I to say CM Punk is a joke?”

“I've had people say I'm inconsistent, and sure, I've never held a UFC or WEC title.”

“Fighting's not me - it's just something that I do.”

“Fighting in the UFC means that I'm at the top of the sport, and it means that I'm able to pursue my goal of being a champion in the UFC.”

“I've got to control my emotions. When I fight out of emotions, it doesn't end up so well.”

“I eat a lot of candy. I can't survive without candy.”

“Bull riding is fun, but fighting is it.”

“For a while, I drank the juice - I did things the way everybody else said to. I listened to their advice. But it didn't work.”

“You ever try to beat your dad up? It just don't happen. He's got that old man strength.”

“The UFC has been nothing but great to me. I can't complain; they give me what I want.”

“There is nothing more I love more than being in a throw-down on a Saturday night.”

“Even when I was a little punk kid, I would fight anybody - it didn't matter. That's who I've been my whole life.”

“I want all of the blue collar American working class people to know that I'm out there fighting for them.”

“I thought I would be laying hardwood floors in Colorado - a construction worker. Middle class or working class, that's where I was! I just fought because I loved it. It was so fun! Being able to go in there and outthink your opponents.”