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" 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
Me
Good
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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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Nation
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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. "
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" A rough beginning doesn't have to mean there is a rough end. "
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Mean
End
Beginning
" The higher the risk, the higher the reward. "
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Risk
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" Muhammad Ali was hated, and then he was loved at the very end. Floyd Mayweather was hated, and a lot of people are really coming around on him. So, I'm just trying to stay positive and try not to offend too many people along the way and hope for the best end result. "
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Positive
Best
End
" A champion without his belt is like a knight without his sword. I've got to have it. "
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Knight
Like
Without
" I'm extremely confident. I do believe my own hype. And I'm working towards making it true. "
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My Own
Own
True
" I love Twitter in particular because it allows me to grow and see how people feel about the decisions I make. My followers, they're always pretty honest with me. I love the honesty I get. I also find motivation in it. "
Jon Jones
Decisions
People
Honesty
" In a fight, you got to know that there's a strong chance you're going to get hurt. But at the same time, you know, most of the injuries you sustain in fighting are not career-ending injuries. "
Jon Jones
Hurt
Fighting
Fight
" I want to take this time to thank Daniel Cormier for being my biggest rival and motivator. He has absolutely no reason to hang his head. He has been a model champion, a model husband, a model father, a teammate, a leader, and I aspire to be a lot more like that man, because he's an amazing human being. "
Jon Jones
Leader
Champion
Time
" I don't really deal in trash talk too much. But I show my confidence. "
Jon Jones
Too Much
Talk
Show
" 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. "
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Good
Life
Light
" I genuinely wanted to be an inspiration to other people and inspire people and be a role model. "
Jon Jones
Inspiration
Role Model
People
" I am an athlete in every sense of the word. Athlete, martial artist. "
Jon Jones
Am
Artist
Athlete
" 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. "
Jon Jones
Brother
Want
See
" 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. "
Jon Jones
Eyes
Focus
Better
" The struggles don't define you. It's how you handle them that determines who you are. "
Jon Jones
Who
Define
How
" I just need to be myself and allow things to happen. If it's God's will, good things will happen. "
Jon Jones
Myself
God
Good
" Glover Teixeira is a phenomenal opponent. "
Jon Jones
Opponent
Phenomenal
" Daniel Cormier has been a model champion. He will be a champion for the rest of his life. "
Jon Jones
Will
Been
Champion
" 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. "
Jon Jones
New
Family
Long
" I'll see trash talk and people telling me why they're favorite fighter is going to beat me. It motivates me for sure. "
Jon Jones
Talk
Fighter
Me
" 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. "
Jon Jones
Night
Always
House
" I will get out there and train harder than anyone, five times a day sometimes. You have to be a special person to do that - like, special forces, military maybe. "
Jon Jones
Day
Special
Train
" In my mind, I've never lost a fight. "
Jon Jones
Lost
Never
Fight
" I would love to fight Brock Lesnar. He's a massive dude. "
Jon Jones
He
Dude
Would
" I'm here to fight; I'm not here to protect whether you think I'm a good person or not. I've given up on that. "
Jon Jones
You
Fight
Up
" I feel like a lot of my fans hold high expectations of me when it comes to inside the Octagon - not so much outside of the Octagon - but I feel like most of my performances are pretty dominant, so I don't feel like I have the luxury to not perform in an extremely impressive fashion. "
Jon Jones
Me
Fashion
Feel
" Even though I have bad qualities in my personal life, as an athlete, I can turn it on. "
Jon Jones
I Can
Athlete
Bad
" The moment I let fear slip in is the moment that the fights are gonna start getting closer and closer. "
Jon Jones
Closer
Moment
Fear