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" Having your worst nightmares kind of come true is truly liberating. "

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" You win a world title, you beat the best guys in the world, and a lot of these fans are kind of misconstrued about who are the best fighters in the world. "

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

" 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. "

" I won my first 10 fights by knockout. The money was getting larger at the same time. "

" I've done it a couple times where I've had fight of the year. It's not what you aspire to. "

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

" I will fight whoever the UFC wants me to fight. "

" I want to fight only dangerous guys. Whenever I've done that in my career, I've stepped up and risen to the challenge. "

" I'll beat a bunch of good guys, and then I'll get a ton of fans come up to me and go, 'Do you think you can beat Conor McGregor?' And I'm like, 'Oh my God. You guys are disillusioned.' They think because this man's popular he's good. "

" If they could put us all in a tournament, that'd be the best way, but they're not going to do that here at the UFC. "

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

" The first time I fought Mike Chandler, I was thinking about money way too much. I was thinking about the end of my contract. My focus was way off. I didn't believe in the people that were guiding me. "

" I can walk into a restaurant and knock five guys out, become 5-0 real quick. It's about the quality of opponent. You have to beat the right guys to call yourself the No. 1 contender. "

" I think it's important to say that I am genuinely thankful for the time at Bellator. "

" I'm looking to grab the UFC and pull them back in the direction of Philadelphia. "

" Regardless of the magnitude, the crowd, or the pay-per-view sales, the goal is to beat the guy in front of me. "

" It's MMA - anything can happen. You can throw a punch from one knee, a punch from anywhere. "

" 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. "

" Conor McGregor - this guy is so offensive minded and never on the defense that whenever you put him on the defense, he gets so flustered and so upset. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I like to be with my back against the wall in dangerous situations. "

" Typically, I would say that I'm not defined by one loss and I'm not defined by one win. But I'd be lying if I told you I didn't harp on the loss at Madison Square Garden. "

" I have a very good ground game and very good wrestling. People just underestimate it. That's it. I want to keep it like that. "

" I beat Gilbert Melendez, and he got two shots at the title. "

" I don't want to go that route where I'm going into fights dehydrated. I used to fight at 170 pounds. I was 10-0 at 170 with eight knockouts. I'm not going to listen to somebody from the outside tell me what weight I should be fighting at. "

" Every once in awhile, we all get a bad hand dealt to us. "