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" I just need to be myself and allow things to happen. If it's God's will, good things will happen. "
Jon Jones
Myself
God
Good
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" I genuinely wanted to be an inspiration to other people and inspire people and be a role model. "
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" I would study the best, the most flashy, the guys that had that flair, the guys that had that wow. I'd study those fighters, and I made up my mind that I'd be all of those at once. "
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" I wouldn't argue that Anderson Silva is the best pound-for-pound fighter in MMA. "
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" I believe I have the attitude of a champion and a winner, and I'm not apologetic for it. "
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" I don't really deal in trash talk too much. But I show my confidence. "
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" I'm not scared of anything. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" You have to turn the lemons life gives you into lemonade, and you have to take time to sit back and enjoy it. "
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" I have tons of pictures of myself as a kid with my medals, and they were never gold medals. "
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" 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. "
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Yourself
" Growing up, I was poor. In college, I was poor. I never had anything. "
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Growing
" 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. "
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" I'm very aware of my image and the perception of me. "
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Perception
Aware
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" I'll fight anywhere, man. "
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" Being labeled as someone who would cheat hurts more than anything else I've ever been through in my career. "
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" I love Twitter in particular because it allows me to grow and see how people feel about the decisions I make. My followers, they're always pretty honest with me. I love the honesty I get. I also find motivation in it. "
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" 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. "
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Myself
" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" It was really tough being in jail. It doesn't get much lower. You're in a filthy room. The food is terrible, and you're surrounded by people who have done all types of crazy crimes. You have nothing that belongs to you, not even your own underwear. It's just terrible. "
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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. "
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Risk
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" When it comes to fighting and other fighters, I try to be respectful. "
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" The moment I let fear slip in is the moment that the fights are gonna start getting closer and closer. "
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