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" I just would hate to have to fight my own teammate. I would never want to. "

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" 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 absolutely hate when people mention Rashad Evans. "

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

" 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. "

" I don't really deal in trash talk too much. But I show my confidence. "

" I'm not scared of anything. "

" Growing up, I was poor. In college, I was poor. I never had anything. "

" Even though I have bad qualities in my personal life, as an athlete, I can turn it on. "

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

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

" I'm here to fight; I'm not here to protect whether you think I'm a good person or not. I've given up on that. "

" I would love to fight Brock Lesnar. He's a massive dude. "

" 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. "

" I'm a champion, and I believe that if you're a champion, you can't be afraid to go out there and test yourself against the greatest challenges. "

" A champion without his belt is like a knight without his sword. I've got to have it. "

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

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

" I feel like a lot of my fans hold high expectations of me when it comes to inside the Octagon - not so much outside of the Octagon - but I feel like most of my performances are pretty dominant, so I don't feel like I have the luxury to not perform in an extremely impressive fashion. "

" 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've convinced myself I'm something special. When you do that, man, you're dangerous, especially when you have the athleticism and work ethic to back it up. "

" I don't enjoy hitting people; I enjoy outsmarting them. "

" Just staying healthy, that is true wealth and true happiness. "

" When I fight someone who's not a good person, I want to beat him. "

" The struggles don't define you. It's how you handle them that determines who you are. "

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

" 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. "

" There's never been a southpaw fighter to make it five rounds with me. These are championship fights, and most of them can't even make it out of the normal rounds. Fought Chael Sonnen, TKOed him in round one. Fought Vitor Belfort. He made it to round four when I ended up submitting him. "

" 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. "

" One day when I was bored, I just went down to a powerlifting gym, Via Strength Systems in Albuquerque. I knew I needed to expend my energy somehow. I started working out with them four days a week. I became obsessed with lifting and being fit. "