JOHNY HENDRICKS

I drive a big F-350. It's a dually. I put Ranch Hand front bumpers on it so it sticks out about another 12 inches.

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.

I'm truly excited to be a part of the Reebok family. What really comes through when working with Reebok team is that they live and breathe fitness. They have an incredible heritage in training and know exactly what it takes to help athletes be as fit as they can be.

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.

Fans and reporters, they don't get that ever since I was five, all I've done is competed against something. I always had a goal. Then, whenever you hit a point, there's a point in an athlete's life where it's like, 'Is it still worth it?'

Pressure lets you know what kind of person you are.

I don't know how many times I've went to bed at five, six o'clock in the morning and woke up at 10, running four miles because I wanted to beat GSP that bad.

I want the target on my back. I want everybody to come after me. That's been my goal since I started fighting.

But after defeating Carlos Condit, I've shown I deserve to have a title shot.

Disney World was tough because you do a lot of walking, but it was worth it. To see the smiles on the faces of my kids and the memories that we made makes it all worth it.

That's my goal for every fight, is to hit them as hard as I can.

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

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.

I'll be the first one to tell you that I'm fat out of season. I love McDonald's, and I love Taco Bell. But, whenever it comes fight time, I'm always ready.

I have wrestling. Yes, I do; my background is wrestling. I have knockout power. Just because I don't go out there and use it all, you don't have to use it all to win fights.

I've wrestled all my life.

It's great to be able to fight in Dallas, but to be the main event for a fight card in Dallas is an honor in itself.

I'm done. I'm retiring. I'm getting out of the MMA world.

I spent a lot of my childhood growing up in Oklahoma, where I wrestled and played baseball.

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.'

The toughest fight I've ever had was T. J. Grant.

If you are out there golfing, and you hit a bad shot, anyone who knows golf will tell you that you just have to forget about it. If you don't, you'll hit another bad one and another and then another. It plays with your head. It's the same way in a fight.

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

I'll downplay myself before I compliment myself.

The more pressure you can put on me and get me out of my comfort zone, the better I shine.