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

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" I've tasted the dirt side. I've tasted being broke. I've been in the dumps, I've lived in motels as a kid. I want a different opportunity for my children. I never want them to see those things. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I love to compete. "

" I'm a kid who has a lot of respect. I believe in respect. "

" I've been able to mature and improve my mixed martial arts game completely; I just never stop learning, and whenever I think I know enough, I just keep working and do more. "

" 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. "

" I've been through every surgery that any athlete has ever been through, and I've prevailed through it. "

" I did my job to make my name a household name. "

" Negativity just sucks the life out of somebody. "

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

" At the end of the day, us fighters, all we have is respect. "

" A lot of guys who I fought, they beat guys who were No. 1 contenders, and that's why I fought them. "

" I know who I am. I'm a former world champion. "

" I'm an entertainer. I love to fight. "

" I've had an ACL replaced in my left knee, ACL replaced in my right knee, 50 percent of my meniscus taken out of my right knee, lower back fusion, C-6, C-7 fused in my neck, C-5, C-4 disk replacement, C-4, C-3 fused. I have 26, 27 concussions, hundreds of stitches. I've been through the grinder. "

" I had little problems during high school. It seemed like I was always getting into trouble in summer, going in and out of juvenile hall. "

" Scott Coker's been amazing to work with. "

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

" After having my first surgery in 2003, having an ACL replacement, I never thought I'd be able to compete again. "

" 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. "

" For me, boxing's like checkers, and MMA's like chess - there are so many ways to win the match. It's not barbaric; it's boxing, kickboxing, Jiu-Jitsu, wrestling, cardio and it's all reached such an amazing level. As fans learn more about the sport, they just fall in love with it. "

" The UFC makes about 99 percent of the money, and the rest goes to the fighters. That one percent ain't nothing compared to what they make on merchandising, on pay-per-view, and everything else they make around the world. "

" Chuck Liddell's a puppet. "