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" I do some weightlifting, a lot of different weight stuff, strength and conditioning stuff, a little bit of everything. "

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" People got to understand, the fighters at the top are the fighters that are supposed to get paid because they're the guys that are bringing people in, bringing eyes to the TV, getting pay-per-views buys, and putting people in the seats. I mean, that's what it comes down to. "

" I don't like being bad at anything. "

" I thought I could beat anyone in the world. "

" Mountain Dew was my favorite drink through college; it kept me up studying for a lot of tests. "

" Train hard, get good coaching, and don't forget that its mixed martial arts. Don't get tied into one style of fighting, and focus on multiple disciplines. "

" If I weren't fighting, I'd be in the business world. "

" I like aggressive fighters who will come after me. "

" I grew up while I was in college. I learned how to take care of myself. I learned how to prioritize things. I learned how to get things done. "

" I drove the Ford Ranger until probably five years after college, till about 2001, when I was almost 30. "

" We have come a long way from the first season of 'The Ultimate Fighter.' "

" I started doing martial arts since I was 12, and then I went into wrestling in college. After I met John Hackleman, I started getting really serious about it, and after a few amateur fights, I got an invite to the UFC and have been in love with it ever since. "

" I like Glover Teixeira; he's a former training partner. "

" Having 'The Ultimate Fighter' was the thing that did it for us, live fighting on TV. That's what we had to do, was get a live fight on TV. It couldn't have worked out better. "

" I hate hearing in a UFC corner, 'You won the first four rounds; just stay away from him this round.' "

" A lot of people are blowing Shogun's fight with Mark Coleman out of proportion. He was coming off an injury, and he gassed early on in his first fight back. "

" With the fights I have lost, I always want another shot and think that I can beat them. "

" It's hard for an athlete to quit what he's done his whole life. "

" My first contract I was offered by the UFC, or my second contract, it was 1-and-1, 2-and-2, 3-and-3. That's $12,000 for the year. Don't complain to me about fighter pay. It was $12,000 for a year, and it was exclusive. "

" I don't read a lot of MMA news. I try to stay out of it. "

" Everyone says I drive like my grandfather, but that's not always a good thing because he didn't always watch the road because he'd talk to you and look at you. He was a deputy sheriff, a cop, for a long time. So he was always looking around, checking out other things, other than what's directly in front of him. "

" When I'm training for a fight, I work out two or three times a day for five days a week. "

" Some guys are gym fighters, some guys are better in the ring. "

" I have one way of fighting: I'm going to come after you, put hands on you, and knock you out. "

" I tell the guys all the time, 'if you have a good puncher, all the way in or all the way out.' Don't stay there and box. "

" It's hard for me to fake smile. I personally think I look stupid fake smiling. "

" Mixed martial arts is great, and it's here to stay. "

" The worst thing is losing because you got tired, because you didn't work hard enough in training. Ugh, that's the worst. "

" If you watch fights cage-side, sometimes different punches look better than others. It's like camera angles. Sometimes some punches look a lot better than they were, and sometimes a solid punch doesn't look good. So it just depends on your angle. "

" I'm competitive at everything. "

" I try to take two weeks off after a fight and then get back to working out four or five times a week. "