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

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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. "

" As long as I'm taking care of my family and breaking records and continuing to excel and continuing to find new endorsements - everything's working. "

" A lot of coaches in MMA focus on MMA wrestling. My coach, his high school team is ranked 10th in the nation. Izzy Martinez is very connected to the wrestling community. "

" Life is supposed to be about love and good times, and so I've forgiven myself after paying the consequences of my bad decisions, and I'm ready to move forward and allow my life to be a light to others that it's never over, even for a person like me, who has lost a tremendous amount of respect among my peers, my fans, my friends and family. "

" I'll fight anywhere, man. "

" College, for me, was more about wrestling than actually going to classes. "

" I absolutely hate when people mention Rashad Evans. "

" My friends and family all know me, and that's the important thing. "

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" 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. "

" I wouldn't argue that Anderson Silva is the best pound-for-pound fighter in MMA. "

" 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 was something inside of me that I didn't realize was there. "

" I'm not scared of anything. "

" If you do something bad, it doesn't mean you're a bad person. It means you had bad judgment. "

" A rough beginning doesn't have to mean there is a rough end. "

" I put pressure on myself and feel pressure from my fans to not only win but to look great doing it. "

" I often get people that come up to me with the UFC 151 poster with me and Dan on it and ask me to sign it. "

" The first time I crawled into the octagon, I just felt like an animal, you know? Like a creature, like I wasn't quite human. "

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

" I want to take this time to thank Daniel Cormier for being my biggest rival and motivator. He has absolutely no reason to hang his head. He has been a model champion, a model husband, a model father, a teammate, a leader, and I aspire to be a lot more like that man, because he's an amazing human being. "

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

" I'm very aware of my image and the perception of me. "

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

" Being labeled as someone who would cheat hurts more than anything else I've ever been through in my career. "

" When you say, 'When you're wrong, you're wrong,' I would 100 percent agree. I've always handled my punishments head on. "

" For a long time, I consciously tried to be a good person for others. Not anymore. Caring about other people keeps me in line, but I've decided to just be myself. "

" I just keep my eyes open and focus on the things I'm not good at and what makes other people better than me - technique and things outside the Octagon. "

" 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 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. "