I'm a strong fighter, I'm a fighter who can adapt to my surroundings.
I never asked for bonuses inside the octagon, I always focused on winning.
Everybody wants to be a good fighter.
I don't know what other fighters do, but when I get hit and go down, I smile and I say, 'I'm going to hit you harder than you hit me, and I'm going to knock you out.' The times I go down and get back up - that's when I'm the most dangerous.
I'm being more physical and aggressive while, at the same time, I'm not being overwhelmed by strong fighters like Sara McMann.
I believe, if I beat Demian Maia, it's going to be very hard for the other top guys to go around me.
I've beaten a lot of great fighters, but people say the big ones, I've lost them all. I don't want to go down as a guy who loses his big fights.
I like to push my body to just extremity to get past the mental toughness barriers. So fighting at 145, that would be great. If Kenny Florian can do it, I can do it.
No matter what age you are, as a fighter, your obligation is to win.
You know how a fighter always comes into the dressing room way before a fight? That's me - I'm like a fighter.
I don't know if I will take the UFC title, but I will die trying.
It doesn't matter how much experience Jayson Velez has, whether he fought for a world title or not. I'm going to see how he fights, and I'll know what to do.
I am a fighter who walks, talks and thinks fighting but I try not to look like it
I don't need to concentrate or meditate before a fight. I'm the kind of guy who'll be having a laugh in the dressing room 10 minutes before the fight - that's me.
I know the UFC's a big organization, the best athletes and fighters are here, so... every third or fourth month, I'm ready to fight.
Some guys just like being a fighter, and they live in that world, but I got into this to be champion.
Every fight is a fight for my life. And I step in the ring and make sure that I fight with that on the back of my mind.
With Masvidal, I dropped him and it's the first time I'd ever dropped anyone in my life. I kind of started to turn the corner after that, and it was just a realization that if my hands were a weakness, it was only because I didn't believe in them. I had the talent to do it.
If I get the fight against Mayweather, I have no doubt I can go and take it.
People always say, 'I want to be the best fighter in the world.' That's why I respect Conor. He said he wants to be the best fighter in the world, and he's trying to prove it.
There are athletes out there trying to get every advantage they can, including things like muscle and low-fat percentages. I feel if I'm the better fighter, I'm the better fighter.
I don't know what the fans expect out of these fighters, but I know what I expect out of myself. And that's go out there, beat people up, and just be me.
I don't mind Ryan Bader thinking he deserves a title shot.
What makes a really great fighter is a combination of ingredients: one is everything physical that you can do, and the other is what's mentally there for you. And I think that comes down to how big your heart is and what's driving you.
I respect all my opponents and they do the same thing that I do to get ready for fights.
