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" I remember from the very beginning when I walked out at UFC 40, when we had the big lights, the flames, everything. Fans want to see entertainment. "

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

" I love doing films, action films, anything I can get into that is produced at a high level, really use my skills. "

" I've been through hell not totally unscathed, but I came out not too bad. "

" UFC, take me off your list. Take me off your Hall of Fame. "

" Michael Bisping is a really tough competitor and a hard worker. "

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

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

" People don't understand what fighters at the top have to go through. You know what, even half the fighters don't understand what the guys on top are going through. You're being pulled in so many directions. Contract negotiations, business opportunities, people come out of the woodwork, and it all happens when you're so young. "

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

" Us fighter put our lives on the line to entertain the fans that watch. "

" Being outspoken was important... I helped make the UFC what it is today with Chuck Liddell, Royce Gracie, and Randy Couture. Some said I was outspoken in a bad way, but I was just trying to educate the fans what being a UFC fighter is all about. "

" 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. "

" It gets to the point where, by the time you're underneath the arena lights and you're staring at your opponent, that's the best time. That's the best feeling in the world, because all the other stuff goes away. "

" Chuck Liddell's a puppet. "

" Anything with Tito Ortiz's name on it will always involve a bit of controversy. "

" I punish the guy until the referee pulls me off or until he says 'no more,' and he taps. I don't want to leave any doubt in his mind that he had a chance. "

" 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'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. "

" Retiring as the champion and being the only athlete to ever do that, I think goals like that are set in the mind. I want to make that happen. "

" They eat clean, they don't drink sodas, they don't have fast food. My kids eat like pro athletes. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" The whole bad-boy image was for the cage, and that's it. It wasn't an act because it came from a passion for fighting. "

" I'm invested in the UFC, but I'm invested in myself at the same time, showing everyone that I am one of the greatest. "

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

" I'm not a young kid struggling to get to the top. I've been to the top. I gotta look out for my best interests as a businessman in this fight game. At the end of the day, it is a business. I've got children to take care of; I've got bills to pay. "

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