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" I love fighting for the UFC. It's an amazing company. I've done a lot of great things, and they've done a lot of great things for my career. "
Demetrious Johnson
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" You look into an encyclopedia and ask what fighter can do any type of martial art at a high-caliber level, my picture will show up. "
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" I work way too hard in the gym to woo the judges and just skate by. "
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" Some days I have off like Thursday and Sunday but typically Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday are dedicated to training if I'm in fight camp. "
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" I would have to say fantasy RPG and MMOs are my favorite type of games. I love 'Dark Souls II.' That game is so hard and unforgiving; if you beat that game, you have true skills. "
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" One of the things I always tell people is that when it comes to fighting and fight week, then I'm there for one purpose, and that's to fight and get the hell out of dodge. "
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" I hope people can remember me as the greatest. Who knows? "
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" I'm a black-and-white type of dude. If you say something, I believe you're gonna do it. "
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" I really, truly appreciate Conor McGregor's style - his fighting style and the way he talks. The reason why is because he reminds me of a young Mike Tyson, a young Muhammad Ali, the way he talks. "
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" If somebody goes, 'You should go to 135,' my heart's just not into it. "
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" Me, I'm a working-class man, and I go to my job, put in the work, and walk away clean and unscathed, and I like it that way. "
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" Coaching 'The Ultimate Fighter' in my weight class, I couldn't do it. I'd basically be coaching people to beat me. I'm going to give you my riddle? "
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" I worked a full-time job at a place call Caraustar. We recycle paper, then through recycled paper, we take it and we make V board out of it. If you buy a TV, a new couch, you see these little V boards that make like a V. "
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