Johny Hendricks

“It's been nice to spend time with the family. It's been good to spend time with the wife and kids.”

“Anytime you can be the face of the UFC is so huge, a great honor, and I would do everything I could to keep it that way.”

“I don't want to be one of those guys who fights until they're 38, 40 years old. I don't want to put my wife through that, and I don't want to put my kids through that.”

“I know how hard I hit, and so do my fans, and so do everyone else in the UFC.”

“I still believe in my mind I'm the best welterweight in the world.”

“The wrestling experiences I've had, the understanding I have of my body, that stuff has allowed me to excel.”

“The hardest thing is that the people who don't know anything about fighting, they label you. Once they get to know me, they're like, 'Ah, you're not anything like I thought.' That's probably the hardest thing about being a fighter - everything else is easy.”

“I am undefeated in Oklahoma, and that's the thing; I plan on keeping it that way.”

“I really didn't know If I wanted to pursue the Olympics for wrestling. I didn't know what to do with my life. So, I prayed about it. My manager called me a few weeks later and asked if I wanted to fight. I agreed to give it a shot, and I went out and got knocked out.”

“What does being an athlete mean? It means I have to be a little selfish again. I have to put my career sort of ahead of everything else - and I don't like doing that.”

“My wife and kids mean more than the belt or UFC or anything else to me.”

“What I realized is that no matter what you do, you're not alone in life. Every accomplishment worth a salt, there is someone else there who played a role and took a part.”

“We've all been there, where it seems like all the cards are stacked against you, and you can't seem to do anything right. But you still have to say to yourself, 'You know what? That's not going to stop me. I still have to find a way.'”

“I always thought I could be pretty good, and it turns out fighting has made me happy.”

“I'd rather have luck on my side than anything else.”

“Everybody's got problems in life. That's the way it is.”

“I'm not that type of guy that says, 'No, I think I deserve more.'”

“I've been blessed with athleticism, and don't get me wrong, I'm thankful for it. But I'm really grateful that I learned how to, without sounding arrogant, just suck it up and realize that even though I'm not at my best in a given situation, it doesn't matter. You still have to get the job done.”

“In my fights, it's not if I get hit; it's when I get hit.”

“I'm done fighting at welterweight. Unless they open up a 175-pound division, I'm moving up to middleweight.”