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" I just train hard and worry about the things I can control. "

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" I expect greatness out of myself. "

" I think fans expect fighters to beat each other up, and what I expect out of myself is to stay of trouble. "

" I'm just fighting a lot of high-level guys. I feel everyone is trying to be tactical, everyone is trying to put their A-game out there, and I have to find a way to win. I'm all about moving on and trying to get better. "

" I just take it one fight at a time. "

" I worry about myself in the ring; I worry about what I can do and how I can dictate a fight. "

" My coaches do all the breakdowns of my opponents, and I leave that up to them. "

" When I came back to the UFC, I was just excited. "

" If I don't have the drive and determination to wake up every day and train with young, hungry fighters, if I don't want to do that, then I need to get out of the game, but as long as my body says I'm all right, and my hunger stays the same, I'm going to keep going. "

" Trying to get over guys and knock them out, that's what fires me up. Decision victories, whoop dee doo, but finishing guys fires me up. "

" I think the UFC's done a great job of building the brand, building the UFC, building MMA. "

" I try not to worry about what people think and what people think I should do each fight, how impressive I need to be. I need to go out there and win; that's what it comes down to. "

" My coaches have done a good job of tightening my skills, where I can dictate a little bit more where the fight is going. "

" I fought for, like, five years in Hawaii - nothing better than that. It was awesome. Every fight, I went on vacation, and I wasn't cutting any weight, so I could just eat whatever I wanted. I enjoyed it. "

" You don't appreciate what you have when it all comes to you real quick. I went from nothing to everything all at once. "

" I only know I feel good when I fight. "

" I'm a big baseball fan, and I love the Cards. "

" I don't really pick my opponents. "

" Coming back to the UFC was huge. I was ready for the spotlight for the first time. "

" The thing is I always believed in myself. I always believed that I was going to be the best in the world. "

" I want to go out there and be clean in my performances and showcase great knockouts. "

" I'm tactical, and I have a lot of heart - something that you don't see when you watch a lot of fights. "

" I was a huge Mike Tyson fan, would sit through the night watching boxing matches and would hit the bag at every opportunity I would get. "

" I'm not a matchmaker; I don't run the UFC - I'm a fighter. So I'll stick to doing what I do best: training and punching people. "

" Just being able to grind, day in and day out. You have to be a different kind of person to not just do the workouts, but to not make money for months at a time. "

" I'm just trying to be a better fighter every time I compete, so it's all about being more strategic and looking for a way to get a finish. "

" Everyone's got an opinion, and not all of them are good ones. "

" I don't really dabble into the politics of MMA too much. "

" Obviously, CM Punk is a really big draw for the UFC. He's going to bring a lot of eyes to the UFC, and the better he does, the better it'll be for all MMA fighters as far as sponsorships and stuff. "