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" For me, in general, I've been blessed to have hospitality from several different camps I've been able to train at and get an approval by the American Top Team guys to go anywhere. "

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" Growing up as a kid, in elementary and middle school, I was always getting in trouble. Always getting suspended. I got suspended for 90 days for fighting beginning my freshman year, so I missed Homecoming, and that's when I turned the page. I went on honor roll and had good grades after that. It was the changing point. "

Tyron Woodley

School

Fighting

Beginning

" I have the highest takedown defense in the entire welterweight division, maybe the second-highest on the UFC roster. "

" I hate seeing it; I hate watching it. More importantly, I hate people that don't understand the environment - how small Ferguson is, how it's really a sense of community, and, you know, it's a good place. We shouldn't have been looting and rioting, tearing up our own city. "

" One of the things I like most about Roufusport is, really, the culture. A lot of times, you're training in fight camps and running and hitting mitts and sparring. Those things get old kind of quick. I like the fact that they allow fun into the room. "

" When you're watching people in non-title fights making four times the amount of money that a champion makes, it takes away the flavor of being a champion. "

" I've had five submissions in the first round. I have 3, 4, 5 knockouts. I've had decisions. I've had grinding fights. "

" If you get into an armbar and someone locks it down on you, it's easy for you to tap out, but sometimes dealing with certain things, fighting through certain adversities, and being that I've been in some of the toughest situations in life, it just gives me an edge on my opponent that I'm going to torture him and beat him up. "

" I don't think I'll get the credit I deserve, but I didn't get into this game for credit. I got into this game to be the greatest welterweight ever. If I keep knocking them out one by one, I think that will happen. "

" I know when you do things systematically, non-stop, and repetition, that's how you make things happen in your life. It's the same thing in faith. "

" A lot of people don't understand my reasoning behind wanting to fight big fights and big names. Knocking off these big names in fights really solidifies me as the best welterweight that's ever done it. "

Tyron Woodley

Done

Fight

" If I have a chance to make a larger amount of money in a legacy fight against the No. 1 welterweight in history, it makes sense for me to want that fight. You have a lot of pay-per-view money coming to this company. Why shouldn't the champion partake in a piece of that pie? "

" I want to fight at middleweight. "

Tyron Woodley

Want

Fight

" I think Nick Diaz is a great fighter. "

" Rampage Jackson came to the UFC with a brain. He came to the UFC with a huge following from being in Asia with Pride. He was a personality before he came to the UFC. You don't see them putting marketing money behind him to blow him up. "

" I don't fight safe; I fight smart. "

" The true game of mixed martial arts is putting your wrestling in there, putting your striking in there, but also being deceiving - hiding behind your punches if you're wrestling and hiding behind your wrestling if you're punching. It's just a matter of blending it all together. "

" Obviously, Robbie Lawler isn't called ruthless for nothing; he's really earned his keep and has a crazy comeback story, probably the best comeback story we've seen in our sport. "

" I'm the person that's been that young, spunky kid that wanted to beat the top guys. "

" It's just comical how short-term people's memories are. "

" Amanda Nunes - I've been telling people that forever - she could compete with a lot of the male bantamweights in American Top Team. "

" If I'm straight outta shape for a fight, I might need 12 weeks or more to get in shape. "

" The thing I hate about mixed martial arts is that it's no longer a sport. It's a big-money business, and it's an entertainment industry. "

" Some people say things they think you want to hear, and some people say the things they are actually thinking. "

" It's a sport about risk and reward. It's a sport about becoming a legend. You look at guys that have stepped up on last minute, and it changed their lives. I don't think that I should be any different. "

" I've always felt like the underdog. "

Tyron Woodley

Always

Felt

" My nickname, T-Wood, came from football because I was so small, but I used knock people's helmets off. All I wanted to do was hit. I didn't care about interceptions or touchdowns. "

" When you're working on a Marvel movie, their legal department do not play. "

" When you fighting in New York, I feel like it would be disrespectful if I didn't walk out with some legendary East Coast hip-hop. "

" Johnny Hendricks has better credentials, but in MMA, I might be the best wrestler for the style. "

" It can be a grind, training and fighting and waiting for your chance. But when that opportunity presents itself, you have to be ready because you never know if or when you'll get another shot. "