I think I did a pretty good job - particularly when I was racing with Hakkinen. It was maybe the first time that I have been challenging with the big boys, and I really enjoyed it.
I just challenge the big guys and attack them, and use my quickness to my advantage.
I've always believed in challenging Republicans where they think they are strongest.
I don't know if tennis players feel like that but when you have a great opponent - although I didn't feel like he [ Ben Mendelsohn ] was an opponent - you just know your game is going to jack up and it's just going to raise the bar. I couldn't wait for that elevation.
I don't take easy fights.
We pretty much have barnburners with every team. There's always new teams, there's always great teams, and you always want to be in the ring with the best.
Playing big teams is something I really enjoy - the bigger the team the better.
When you get to practice against the best, it brings the best out of you.
You've got to look for tough competition. You've got to want to beat the best.
The toughest opponents for me are the defenders who are tough in the way they play - where you can't see a way through.
The only people that really have a chance against Serena [Williams] are people that are strong, that can handle her power that move well, and that's a difficult combination.
Adrian Granados is a world-class fighter. A lot of guys duck him, but I wanted to fight him because that's what I'm about.
The toughest opponent of all is Old Man Par. He's a patient soul who never shoots a birdie and never incurs a bogey. And if you would travel the long road with him, you must be patient, too.
The most difficult thing about an easy match is to make a weak opponent play bad football.
To stay in the UFC while fighting top opponents... tell me one easy fight I had in the UFC. I have a history in the UFC.
I like the big matches against the greatest players.
I prefer to play against the best players and the best teams and the best coaches. Never personal.
Just to clear the record ive never turn down a mma fight against anyone and never will.
When you play against good people, that's when you focus your concentration. Your sense of urgency to be disciplined in your execution all become more critical. Sometimes you get away with doing things not quite right against lesser competition, but when you play against real good people that's when it shows up.
It seems Barcelona are expected to win every title, but it is not always like this. People think Barca win automatically, but that's not the case.
As a competitor, you want to pitch against the elite guys and really good guys.
I picked Tony Bellew because he is the man that takes the biggest challenges. He is not the usual type of fighter that will come, see how hard it is, and quit. He will come to fight until the end. These are the kind of fights that the world wants to see.
The Brazilian circuit is very different. There are no easy fights, every gym only puts in their best guys to fight.
People forget, I was 9-0, I was fighting Anderson Silva. I was fighting the best guys this sport has ever seen, one after the other, with no experience.
The hardest guy I had to guard: Hakeem Olajuwon. No one can guard Hakeem. And then, Kevin McHale.
