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" I am an athlete in every sense of the word. Athlete, martial artist. "

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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. "

" Just staying healthy, that is true wealth and true happiness. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I just would hate to have to fight my own teammate. I would never want to. "

" I believe I have the attitude of a champion and a winner, and I'm not apologetic for it. "

" I grew up originally in Rochester. It was where I was born and a very tough neighbourhood with a lot of violence. I consider myself lucky. When I was aged 11, in 1998, Dad moved us to a suburban area from what was a ghetto area. It gave me a chance of survival. "

" Growing up, I was poor. In college, I was poor. I never had anything. "

" My wrestling dream was to become a Division I national champion. That was my No. 1 dream - not Olympics, not money. Just winning that tournament. "

" 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. "

" I've come to expect more out of myself - as a citizen, as a man, as an athlete - to reach a better place, a place I've never been. "

" 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. "

" There's never been a southpaw fighter to make it five rounds with me. These are championship fights, and most of them can't even make it out of the normal rounds. Fought Chael Sonnen, TKOed him in round one. Fought Vitor Belfort. He made it to round four when I ended up submitting him. "

" In my mind, I've never lost a fight. "

" I feel as if I'm God's champion, and I have a lot of pride in that. "

" It's not my business what other people think of me. "

" The biggest challenge is learning how to psych yourself up into believing in yourself as you walk into the Octagon. "

" A champion without his belt is like a knight without his sword. I've got to have it. "

" You've got to give your past attention, but you've got to forgive yourself, acknowledge what you did wrong, and be a man, taking responsibility. You can't not fly anymore because of the things you've been through. You've got to believe in a brighter future, that better version of yourself. "

" 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. "