Martial Arts Career Quotes

I beat Ryan Bader, and that beautiful knockout got me a shot at the title. That's the kind of thing that puts you close to the top.

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.

Chuck Liddell's a puppet.

If I get the boot out of the UFC, I'll still continue to fight.

There was a period of time early in my career where I was like, 'I'm gonna definitely fight. I definitely want to be a part of this lifestyle.' Then there was a period of time where I had so much success in the sport of wrestling, and I was like, 'I don't really need fighting.'

With me, somehow because I've been fighting outside the UFC, I still have to prove myself.

When I first started, I lived in Vegas because I was fighting in the UFC, and I was still fighting after the UFC.

I don't see a superstar out there. I don't see Georges St-Pierre coming back.

I had to fight in K-1 in Japan to make a living between fighting and doing commercial work over there, and it's been a roller coaster in a sense, but it's been a smooth one.

Stefan Struve's an amazing talent.

I get a lot of attention, maybe not as much as a lightweight in B.J. Penn or someone like that, but my time is coming.

Every other fighter has a life on the side. I've never had another job.