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" I look at guys like - guys like Floyd Mayweather making $42 million dollars for a pay-per-view - what am I doing differently from what this guy's doing? "

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" I understand my limits. I'm not going to go out there just to fight for money and to put on a show for people at the risk of my own health. I won't do that. "

" I was always a huge WWF wrestling fan, and Hulk Hogan was one of my biggest heroes. "

" The fight game and the commentary game are two different worlds. "

" I've struggled to get respect and dignity for my profession, and I do it in the way I lead my life as a fighter and as a human being. "

" I've seen everything during my career. "

" I squeeze like an anaconda. "

" We're fighters. We go out there, and we'll open a window of opportunity, and they're only open for so long, and we have to take advantage of that time right then. When I did it, I was 30-31 years old. Maybe it was a little too late that I should have did it, but I did it right. I was okay with the money that I got, the money that I made. "

" I'm a person that's been fueled on emotions. And any fan who's ever been around any of my fights, I'm the only fighter who'd go out on the concourse to sign autographs the day of the fight. Because I'm in love with my fans. "

" Every fight is won in the gym. The hard part of our job is getting in the gym every day, six days a week. "

" I want to fight the top guys in the world. Guys who have names. Guys who I don't mind trying to make a mark off of me by them trying to win, which, they're gonna become losers. "

" I fight on emotions. When I don't fight on emotions, I don't fight well. I fight on emotion, because I'm in for survival. "

" I love to compete. "

" I made the wrong decision myself in my career. I tried to battle against the system. I should have never done that, but I didn't have anybody else who showed me how to do it before. I did everything on instinct. "

" I have a great surgeon that put me together. "

" At the end of the day, I'm a dad, and I try to give my kids everything I never had as a kid. "

" I'm a very emotional person. That's every one of my fights; it's all emotions. "

" I went through UFC with five title defenses. Jonny 'Bones' Jones beat my record, so I'm trying to beat his record. That's my goal. That's what I want to do. "

" Shlemenko wants to make his name off of Tito Ortiz. He's not the first person ever to do this. People have been trying to use my name ever since I was the champ. "

" I was smart enough to save my money. I invest. The biggest thing you can invest is something they don't have a lot of, is land. I own a lot of it. "

" Fighting is my livelihood, and jeopardizing my body without a full understanding of conditions doesn't make any sense. No professional fighter will go into a risky match without a contract. "

" I don't see myself any higher than anyone else. "

" My number one goal was to be the best fighter ever in the Octagon. I think I can hold hands with many who can stake that claim. "

" Wrestling encompasses hard work, dedication, sacrifice, and determination - there's just nothing like it in any sport. "

" I had my first fight at UFC 13, and it was just one of those things that become second nature to me. "

" Trust has always been a hard issue in my life, and when I was with the UFC, it was hard for me to trust people because it was like I was seeing lies, up to lies, up to lies. "

" I put my heart, soul, and body into this sport. "

" Life's too short. Too short to hate. "

" When I get in that cage and fight, that's not me. It's somebody else. It's like a light switch that turns on. "

" I'm really articulate when I do my thing - when I speak on the mic, when I do interviews. I'm a colorful personality. "

" My true inspiration is to give everything to my kids that I never had. I had a really rough upbringing, and I want to break that chain. I've broken the chain, and I want to give my kids happiness every single day. When they wake up and hop on me and say; 'Dad I love you,' that is what means the most to me. "