Henry Cejudo

“I've actually picked up a lot of good habits from just watching film from Demetrious Johnson.”

“You can accomplish anything that you dedicate yourself to. Think how many people struggle across the world, across the country. I know anything is possible if you set your mind, your body, your soul, and your faith to it.”

“At some point, if the UFC allows me, I'd like to go to 125 because I know I can win that belt, man. I'm too strong, and I'm too fast.”

“M.M.A. is growing, and it's a basic wrestling sport. A lot of fighters are ex-wrestlers. A lot of guys take the easy way out, make quick money.”

“At the age of 31, I feel like I'm in my prime, baby.”

“I'm bilingual. I speak English and Spanish.”

“I think I have all tools in the world to beat anybody at 125 pounds. I really do.”

“I know success; I've done it, but success is not what everyone thinks it is. It's only a tool and a platform for a greater message. That's where my nickname 'The Messenger' comes from. The UFC and a world title are a platform for something greater. For a bigger purpose.”

“I actually won the Copper Gloves in Arizona.”

“My parents are from Mexico City.”

“If you think you're higher than UFC, if you think you're better than all the other fighters, then maybe you should get pulled.”

“I think something that has separated me from the rest of the competition - maybe it's just my way of thinking - I don't necessarily go into fights just wanting to win but to actually dominate. So when I don't feel like I dominate, sometimes I feel like a loser, I guess, you know, maybe in that perspective.”

“In the year 2013, I fought six times. I fought four times in two-and-a-half months.”

“Growing up without a dad and not having a father figure - I noticed a hole in my life. For the longest time, I would run away from my problems instead of confronting them. I felt empty at one point. Not depressed, but empty.”

“A wrestler loves to compete. At the end of the day, a wrestler just wants to compete.”

“Sometimes when you think something is shiny and gold, it tends to be rusted and bronze, but that's just the way it is, man.”

“I speak three languages. I'm pretty handsome myself.”

“Henry Cejudo is a motivator.”

“The only thing I know how to do is survive.”

“I'm actually really good friends with Gray Maynard.”