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" Glover Teixeira is a phenomenal opponent. "
Jon Jones
Opponent
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" I'm very aware of my image and the perception of me. "
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" I'm extremely confident. I do believe my own hype. And I'm working towards making it true. "
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" When you say, 'When you're wrong, you're wrong,' I would 100 percent agree. I've always handled my punishments head on. "
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" The higher the risk, the higher the reward. "
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" 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. "
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" The struggles don't define you. It's how you handle them that determines who you are. "
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" Fighting is not what I do - it's who I am. It's what I was meant to do, what I was meant to be. I knew that right after my first MMA practice. "
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" I was never popular. I always kind of wanted to be accepted with the rich kids, with the cool kids, and I never had that. "
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" I'll fight anywhere, man. "
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" The moment I let fear slip in is the moment that the fights are gonna start getting closer and closer. "
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" Being labeled as someone who would cheat hurts more than anything else I've ever been through in my career. "
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" Having that Christian base keeps me focused on what I have to do. It keeps me out of the clubs and in the gym. "
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Me
" I wouldn't argue that Anderson Silva is the best pound-for-pound fighter in MMA. "
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" 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. "
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Focus
Better
" Even though I have bad qualities in my personal life, as an athlete, I can turn it on. "
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" 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. "
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Feel
Fight
Think
" 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. "
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Me
Fashion
Feel
" College, for me, was more about wrestling than actually going to classes. "
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" I don't really deal in trash talk too much. But I show my confidence. "
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" 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. "
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Integrity
Men
Humble
" Growing up, I was poor. In college, I was poor. I never had anything. "
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College
Growing Up
Growing
" I think once you start to think that you're the man, and you know it all, and your style is unbeatable and stuff like that, that's when you get caught and clipped and get humbled really fast. "
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" I'm not saying Gustafsson isn't a champion. He's not the champion that I am. He's not a champion at all. I've won the belt seven times. He got tapped out by Phil Davis and lost to me fair and square. This guy gets so much praise. Having a close fight with me was the greatest thing he's ever done. "
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" It was really tough being in jail. It doesn't get much lower. You're in a filthy room. The food is terrible, and you're surrounded by people who have done all types of crazy crimes. You have nothing that belongs to you, not even your own underwear. It's just terrible. "
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Done
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" A champion without his belt is like a knight without his sword. I've got to have it. "
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Without
" I am an athlete in every sense of the word. Athlete, martial artist. "
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Athlete
" It's a cold world out there, and this world will pass you by if you give another man anything over yourself. "
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You
Yourself
" 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. "
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Always
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" When it comes to fighting and other fighters, I try to be respectful. "
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Try
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