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" I don't need to tell any one of you guys that I can do what I can do. I'll just show it to you guys, and if you want a little sneak peak, come watch me work out. That's how I do my thing. "

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" For me, you look at the beginning of his career, the man couldn't even make weight. That's how I found out about Henry Cejudo to begin with. 'Oh, Henry Cejudo misses weight again.' I'm like, who's this guy who keeps missing weight. When the UFC signed him, I was like, 'Great, you guys signed another guy who can't make 125.' "

Demetrious Johnson

Beginning

Great

Look

" I do not like getting hit. I can take a hit, but I don't want to damage my brain if I don't have to. "

" Some days I have off like Thursday and Sunday but typically Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday are dedicated to training if I'm in fight camp. "

" Honestly, just all the love and respect from the fans, that's always the biggest thing that puts a smile on my face. "

" I know why the UFC runs the business the way they do. I know why Conor McGregor makes a base pay of $3 million. But I think I justify my pay with my skill set, and I've always been willing to promote my brand. "

" I focus on staying healthy, going to the gym, and I go out there and fight. "

" UFC has failed to market and promote me appropriately. "

Demetrious Johnson

Market

Promote

" At one point in time in my career, it was like, 'Oh, he never finishes nobody.' Then, the next thing you know, I'm breaking peoples' arms, making them tap out, and knocking them out. Then, the next thing you know, it's, 'Oh, I don't like his personality.' It's like, 'Okay, well, if you don't like who I am, I can't help you there, buddy.' "

" A lot of people misunderstand what it means to have good cardio. Good cardio is when you are able to push the fight, and I've shown that in all of my fights. "

" I would have to say fantasy RPG and MMOs are my favorite type of games. I love 'Dark Souls II.' That game is so hard and unforgiving; if you beat that game, you have true skills. "

" Look at my track record for showing up to fights. Look at my track record of finishing fights. Look at my track record of getting fight night bonuses. Ask yourself if you think that if the UFC decided to truly put marketing dollars behind me that they couldn't sell me or my fights. "

Demetrious Johnson

Yourself

Fight

" MMA has the rudest, most negative, dumbest, ignorant fans in the world - but it also has the most passionate fans in the world. "

" I'm a black-and-white type of dude. If you say something, I believe you're gonna do it. "

" I can eat whatever I want, and I don't get over 145 pounds. A lot of the guys who fight at 125 pounds, they get pretty big, and when it gets closer to the fight, they're walking around at 135 pounds. For me, I try to stay the same weight I typically walk around at. "

" Truly, I am not afraid of one man in this whole UFC Octagon roster. I truly don't care. What's the worst thing that's going to happen to me? I lose. I get knocked out? "

Demetrious Johnson

Worst

Care

" We've always been into juicing. It's one of the things that my wife likes to do. She's a vegetarian, so she loves to juice. And I'm a big health freak - well, when I feel like being it. "

" I'm never going to turn down a fight. "

" I don't care about being the champ champ. I want to be the only consecutive 12-time defending champion in any mixed martial arts promotion. "

" My wife is very supportive. "

" That's kind of how I see my workmanship: it's how many hours I put in that makes me better. "

Demetrious Johnson

Kind

I See

" If you look at the end of a roll of toilet paper, like the brown paper tube, I basically worked in a factory that made humongous ones like that - for concrete or anything you wanted to put in there. I was the guy who chopped those up into smaller pieces, put them in a box, throw it in a pallet, wrap it up, jump in a forklift and put it on a truck. "

" They'll always find somebody for me to fight. Whether I win or lose, they'll find somebody to fight, and I'll compete. I'll make money, and I'll pay my bills. "

Demetrious Johnson

Win Or Lose

Money

" As a fighter, I pay very close attention to the amount of marketing that goes into and around my fights, and I can tell you that you'd be hard pressed to find much that has been done to promote me outside of 'TUF 24,' which was minimal in comparison to other fights, fighters, and shows. "

" You look into an encyclopedia and ask what fighter can do any type of martial art at a high-caliber level, my picture will show up. "

" Pay-Per-View is run by drama. It is. It's true. I've done the research for myself. You look at Jon Jones. When Jon Jones fought Machida, probably did about $200,000, $300,000. When he fought Cormier, they made, like, $875,000. "

" I love fighting for the UFC. It's an amazing company. I've done a lot of great things, and they've done a lot of great things for my career. "

" I'd rather have head stomps and kicks to the head on the ground rather than elbows because I think to kick someone in the head while they're laying on their back is very hard. Elbows are easy. You can be here, and I just cut you and won the fight. "

" In the beginning of your mixed martial arts career, you're not making good money. "

" I come from one of the great coaches - Matt Hume, Brad Kertson - and my skill set is well-rounded. "

" I'm not in the business to get hit and take concussions. "