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" I try to take two weeks off after a fight and then get back to working out four or five times a week. "

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" I don't change my style for anybody. "

" I started doing martial arts since I was 12, and then I went into wrestling in college. After I met John Hackleman, I started getting really serious about it, and after a few amateur fights, I got an invite to the UFC and have been in love with it ever since. "

" When it comes to damage, boxing will cause more damage than MMA ever will. "

" My first contract I was offered by the UFC, or my second contract, it was 1-and-1, 2-and-2, 3-and-3. That's $12,000 for the year. Don't complain to me about fighter pay. It was $12,000 for a year, and it was exclusive. "

" I put myself through college. "

" Mountain Dew was my favorite drink through college; it kept me up studying for a lot of tests. "

" I like Glover Teixeira; he's a former training partner. "

" I think some of the most important exercises are all the core exercises that you can do to maximize training in certain areas of your body. "

" If I weren't fighting, I'd be in the business world. "

" As far as losing fights, that's part of the sport. "

" Having 'The Ultimate Fighter' was the thing that did it for us, live fighting on TV. That's what we had to do, was get a live fight on TV. It couldn't have worked out better. "

" I basically follow a modified Zone Diet. I have my food prepared weekly and eat 6 times a day. "

" I have one way of fighting: I'm going to come after you, put hands on you, and knock you out. "

" I don't think the itch to fight has ever left me, ever. I mean, I got paid to do what I love for a living, and I got paid very well to do it. So that's going to always be there. That's always going to be like, 'Man, I wouldn't mind getting out there again.' "

" Numbers have always come easy to me. "

" I've always said that when I retire, I'll decide in the training room and not after a fight. "

" I'm competitive at everything. "

" I have a great time with the kids. I'm always happy when they're around. "

" Dancing is a lot lower-impact than ultimate fighting, but it takes a lot longer, and I burn the same amount of calories. "

" With the fights I have lost, I always want another shot and think that I can beat them. "

" I have absolutely no dancing background. I think I took one swing class when I was in college, with a friend of mine. I think I went twice. "

" A lot of people are blowing Shogun's fight with Mark Coleman out of proportion. He was coming off an injury, and he gassed early on in his first fight back. "

" Everybody doesn't want to hurt to lower guys from getting paid, but it comes down to, it's a performance-based business. You get good, you win, then you get paid. "

" I thought I could beat anyone in the world. "

" When I'm training for a fight, I work out two or three times a day for five days a week. "

" I eat a balanced diet. "

" Everyone says I drive like my grandfather, but that's not always a good thing because he didn't always watch the road because he'd talk to you and look at you. He was a deputy sheriff, a cop, for a long time. So he was always looking around, checking out other things, other than what's directly in front of him. "

" Train hard, get good coaching, and don't forget that its mixed martial arts. Don't get tied into one style of fighting, and focus on multiple disciplines. "

" I think the reasons I retired stay the same. I don't want to change my style. I can't take a punch like I used to for whatever reason. I've heard all sorts of theories as to why that would happen, but I can't do it. "

" My whole life, I've been training for something, whether it be baseball or football or wrestling or martial arts. "