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" Going in there just to win and put on a boring fight, I don't want to be related to anything like that. "

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" Fighting, for me, is not a career - it's an opportunity. I'm going to take full advantage of it and do it as long as I can. As long as my body lets me and I'm healthy enough to do it naturally, I'll do it. "

" In this sport, the good thing about the UFC and MMA in general is a lot of it's based on perception. "

" You don't want to be in a fight of the year. It takes years off your life. But, it's why fans tune in; it's why people gravitate toward your fights. It's why people want to watch you fight. It's important to get into them, but it's important to try not to get into too many of them. "

" The fans, man, the fans have a little different way of thinking. They really applaud the spirit of fighters, and that put a huge influence on the type of energy I fought with, rather than if I won or lost. America's a real win-or-lose culture, where with the Japanese, fighting with spirit is enough. "

" It's a fist fight - the idea is to go out there and impose my will. "

" I want the best guys the promotion has to offer, put them in front of me, and I'll beat them. "

" I think bullying in general is for cowards. "

" Me? I'm no sob story. I get paid well, and I live comfortably. "

" The most comical thing for me, even when I watch movies, is the guy who's so crazy confident about himself, with the mink jacket - to me, that is so funny. I wish I could be like that. As a fighter, I wish I could do that, so I could make people laugh. But I can't; it's not my style. "

" I know what I can do at 155. "

" I'm a little unconventional; I do things a little differently. "

" I enjoy fights the most once them nerves go away and you settle into the fight. That's when you can have your fun and be creative and just kind of be yourself. "

" I'm my own biggest critic, so no matter what was being said in the media or being said by fans, I feel the worst when I disappoint myself. "

" I'm not here if Bill Hunter never forced my hand in wrestling. It was a pivotal point in my life. "

" Where most kids play stickball and hockey, I'd walk down the streets with two sets of boxing gloves and knock on my friend's door and see if he wanted to box. There were boxing gyms on every corner. "

" We got four-ounce gloves here. It's not hard to knock someone out. "

" I think sports is a quest to find out what really is - not what perceptions are. "

" I was never the most technical; I was never the best at one aspect at this sport, but what I was always good as was negating people's strengths and putting them in terrible situations where they're uncomfortable. "

" I'm proud of both sides, and they are both really well known to be fighting heritages, so I tell everyone all the time - they say, 'What are you'? - I say I'm Irish. I'm Puerto Rican. I guess I was born to fight. "

" I have a tremendous support from a lot of the Underground fans. They believe in me, they want to see me do well, and they're behind me. But there are a lot of people out there who don't believe it, and so I want to separate perception and reality. I want to be able to do that. "

" I boxed. I did track and field; I did basketball, football, any sport I was able to sign up for. "

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" When I say 'fighter,' I am thinking about how you deal with adversity, how you deal with being in bad situations. "

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" The right thing to do is just ask what you can give, and then let things manifest in the time they're supposed to. "

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" When I fought Nick Thompson, I wasn't experienced enough. That was the first person that put me in a real fight. Before Nick, nobody had put me in a fight where I had to struggle. "