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" I drove motorcycles through college. I didn't have the money to buy a car. "

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" I play fantasy football every year. "

" 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 was in 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' with Jack Nicholson. That was fun. I think I made, like, $33 or something. I got to miss a whole day of school, and when you're a little kid, that's cool. "

" 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've been on a lot of shows that I like, doing guest appearances and little things. I'm just trying to have fun with being retired. "

" Anderson Silva is a tough guy, man. He's dangerous. He's got heavy hands, and he's not afraid to throw them. He's a dangerous opponent for anyone. "

" My style of fighting is to go down and trying to finish the guy and trying to end fights, not laying up because I'm winning the fight, just keep going after it. "

" I don't think the itch to fight has ever left me, ever. I mean, I got paid to do what I love for a living, and I got paid very well to do it. So that's going to always be there. That's always going to be like, 'Man, I wouldn't mind getting out there again.' "

" 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. "

" We run on the beach some days, and others, we run hills behind the gym. We also do several hours of grappling each week as mixed with some intense cardio in the ring. "

" That's one of the reasons I retired. To stick around, the way I was fighting, I would have to start playing it safe. I went out on my shield. That's the way I liked it. I fought that way my whole career. I don't want to bore people my last three or four fights. "

" My whole life, I've been training for something, whether it be baseball or football or wrestling or martial arts. "

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

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

" When I throw the hook, I think of my arm as a whip with a rock attached to the end. "

" I've always said that when I retire, I'll decide in the training room and not after a fight. "

" I used to be able to pick out the UFC fans when I was in the airport. Now, it could be anybody. "

" You can actually find a lot of gyms that do teach mixed martial arts. But it's just like with any martial art - you've got to look at the coaches, go watch some classes, see how people treat each other and how the coaches treat the students. "

" I have a great time with the kids. I'm always happy when they're around. "

" I'm competitive at everything. "

" I've never found that getting physical is ever the best response in a bar. You just have to make sure you keep your distance, and if it gets to a point where it gets aggressive, then the best thing to do is go get a bouncer and get the situation resolved intelligently. "

" 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 try to stay in shape and am always consistently working out. "

" I tried in my career to be really good to fans. "

" Supplements have always been a really big part of my training regimen. "

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

" The most excited you'll ever see me is after knocking a guy out. "

" I'm a fighter, and I'll always be a fighter, and it's what I love to do. "

" 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. "

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