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" A lot of coaches in MMA focus on MMA wrestling. My coach, his high school team is ranked 10th in the nation. Izzy Martinez is very connected to the wrestling community. "

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" When it comes to MMA, there is a big chip on my shoulder. There is a way that I look at myself. I think it's really, really important, and it's something I'm not really apologetic for it. As I get older, and I win more, I start to embrace it even more. "

Jon Jones

Myself

Embrace

Look

" In my mind, I've never lost a fight. "

" I am an athlete in every sense of the word. Athlete, martial artist. "

Jon Jones

Artist

Athlete

" As long as I'm taking care of my family and breaking records and continuing to excel and continuing to find new endorsements - everything's working. "

" When I fight someone who's not a good person, I want to beat him. "

" When you say, 'When you're wrong, you're wrong,' I would 100 percent agree. I've always handled my punishments head on. "

" My parents always kept us in the house. We weren't allowed to spend the night at other people's houses. We were sheltered kids. "

" A champion without his belt is like a knight without his sword. I've got to have it. "

Jon Jones

Knight

Without

" One day when I was bored, I just went down to a powerlifting gym, Via Strength Systems in Albuquerque. I knew I needed to expend my energy somehow. I started working out with them four days a week. I became obsessed with lifting and being fit. "

" For a long time, I consciously tried to be a good person for others. Not anymore. Caring about other people keeps me in line, but I've decided to just be myself. "

Jon Jones

Myself

Good

" Life is supposed to be about love and good times, and so I've forgiven myself after paying the consequences of my bad decisions, and I'm ready to move forward and allow my life to be a light to others that it's never over, even for a person like me, who has lost a tremendous amount of respect among my peers, my fans, my friends and family. "

" You have to turn the lemons life gives you into lemonade, and you have to take time to sit back and enjoy it. "

" I'm very aware of my image and the perception of me. "

" I often get people that come up to me with the UFC 151 poster with me and Dan on it and ask me to sign it. "

Jon Jones

Come

UFC

" The biggest challenge is learning how to psych yourself up into believing in yourself as you walk into the Octagon. "

" I genuinely wanted to be an inspiration to other people and inspire people and be a role model. "

" I've really tried everything in my power to get my life together. "

" Even though I have bad qualities in my personal life, as an athlete, I can turn it on. "

" I'm definitely very excited to see Cormier fight Brock Lesnar. I think Daniel Cormier wins the fight. He's just too fast. I feel like, when I fought him, he was quicker than me with certain combinations. I can only imagine he's going to be a lot quicker than Brock Lesnar. "

" It's a cold world out there, and this world will pass you by if you give another man anything over yourself. "

" I just keep my eyes open and focus on the things I'm not good at and what makes other people better than me - technique and things outside the Octagon. "

" When it comes to fighting and other fighters, I try to be respectful. "

" I don't believe a champion is the biggest, baddest, meanest dude in the world. I think the champion is like a warrior; it's like the head knight or lead samurai: humble men of integrity, respect, and honor that treat people kindly. "

" Fighting was something inside of me that I didn't realize was there. "

Jon Jones

Inside

Fighting

" Being labeled as someone who would cheat hurts more than anything else I've ever been through in my career. "

Jon Jones

Career

Through

" Whenever I talk about Christ out loud, or I tweet a verse or say something in reference about Christ, a lot of people lash out and aren't very excited to hear about my love for Christ. "

" We're all going to make mistakes; they're inevitable. It's what you do after these mistakes that matters. "

" The higher the risk, the higher the reward. "

" To see my little brother Chandler outdoing me, it's great; I want to be able to cross-market and feed off his star power. "

" I grew up originally in Rochester. It was where I was born and a very tough neighbourhood with a lot of violence. I consider myself lucky. When I was aged 11, in 1998, Dad moved us to a suburban area from what was a ghetto area. It gave me a chance of survival. "

Jon Jones

Chance

Myself