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" A lot of people are blowing Shogun's fight with Mark Coleman out of proportion. He was coming off an injury, and he gassed early on in his first fight back. "

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" People got to understand, the fighters at the top are the fighters that are supposed to get paid because they're the guys that are bringing people in, bringing eyes to the TV, getting pay-per-views buys, and putting people in the seats. I mean, that's what it comes down to. "

" If you watch fights cage-side, sometimes different punches look better than others. It's like camera angles. Sometimes some punches look a lot better than they were, and sometimes a solid punch doesn't look good. So it just depends on your angle. "

" I have one way of fighting: I'm going to come after you, put hands on you, and knock you out. "

" I was in 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' with Jack Nicholson. That was fun. I think I made, like, $33 or something. I got to miss a whole day of school, and when you're a little kid, that's cool. "

" When I'm training at home, I have five meals for the day that I just heat up. It's all planned, and that's what I eat. "

" I eat a balanced diet. "

" Mixed martial arts is great, and it's here to stay. "

" You can actually find a lot of gyms that do teach mixed martial arts. But it's just like with any martial art - you've got to look at the coaches, go watch some classes, see how people treat each other and how the coaches treat the students. "

" I tell the guys all the time, 'if you have a good puncher, all the way in or all the way out.' Don't stay there and box. "

" It's a very complex sport, so judging is going to be very complex, too. And not everyone is going to agree all the time on who wins a fight. "

" Having 'The Ultimate Fighter' was the thing that did it for us, live fighting on TV. That's what we had to do, was get a live fight on TV. It couldn't have worked out better. "

" With the fights I have lost, I always want another shot and think that I can beat them. "

" I've never been intimidated by anyone. "

" I try to stay in shape and am always consistently working out. "

" My first contract I was offered by the UFC, or my second contract, it was 1-and-1, 2-and-2, 3-and-3. That's $12,000 for the year. Don't complain to me about fighter pay. It was $12,000 for a year, and it was exclusive. "

" The fans have been really good to me. I thank everyone for all the support. "

" I drove motorcycles through college. I didn't have the money to buy a car. "

" Several nutrition companies have approached me over the years to endorse a number of different products. Some worked; some didn't - so I decided to create my own brand. "

" I have had people that I was doing some promotion stuff with go, 'You know, we had an idea. We should have, like, a legends fight.' It's always that. That conversation always comes up when we're talking about doing some promotion for a company or helping them promote their league. "

" I've never found that getting physical is ever the best response in a bar. You just have to make sure you keep your distance, and if it gets to a point where it gets aggressive, then the best thing to do is go get a bouncer and get the situation resolved intelligently. "

" Everyone says I drive like my grandfather, but that's not always a good thing because he didn't always watch the road because he'd talk to you and look at you. He was a deputy sheriff, a cop, for a long time. So he was always looking around, checking out other things, other than what's directly in front of him. "

" I've been on a lot of shows that I like, doing guest appearances and little things. I'm just trying to have fun with being retired. "

" When I'm training for a fight, I work out two or three times a day for five days a week. "

" I'm not an emotional fighter. "

" Every time I win, I prove something: I'm the best guy in the world at what I do. "

" You have to learn your own details before you can teach them. "

" I think people liked the way I fight. "

" I don't think the itch to fight has ever left me, ever. I mean, I got paid to do what I love for a living, and I got paid very well to do it. So that's going to always be there. That's always going to be like, 'Man, I wouldn't mind getting out there again.' "

" I play fantasy football every year. "

" I don't read a lot of MMA news. I try to stay out of it. "