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" I wake up around 8:30, 8:45. I eat my breakfast, hit the road by 10 A.M., and get to the gym by 11. "
Demetrious Johnson
Eat
Road
Up
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" All I can do is make sure Demetrious Johnson does the best he can on fight night and goes out and wins his fights. "
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" Truly, I am not afraid of one man in this whole UFC Octagon roster. I truly don't care. What's the worst thing that's going to happen to me? I lose. I get knocked out? "
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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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" I think the only person who will ever lose in a fight and still end up making a million dollars is Conor McGregor - that's just because of how his contract is structured or whatever. "
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" I'm a smaller guy, so I train at a high pace. "
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" I focus on staying healthy, going to the gym, and I go out there and fight. "
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" If you want to see great mixed martial arts, tune in when I fight. If you want to see drama and all of that stuff, you guys can go watch 'Bachelors in Paradise.' They'll give you enough drama you can want to watch. "
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" I'm not going to go out there and have these slugfests, but I'll go out there and dominate my opponent. That's what I do in my fight. "
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" I can eat whatever I want, and I don't get over 145 pounds. A lot of the guys who fight at 125 pounds, they get pretty big, and when it gets closer to the fight, they're walking around at 135 pounds. For me, I try to stay the same weight I typically walk around at. "
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Walking
" 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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" Each time I'm training and sparring, I'm always pushing myself to submit my training partners. "
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Training
Time
" UFC has failed to market and promote me appropriately. "
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Promote
" I work way too hard in the gym to woo the judges and just skate by. "
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Hard
Gym
Work
" I don't bash my company. I don't bash my opponents. I don't miss weight. "
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Miss
Bash
Weight
" In my mind, there's more to life than just fighting. That's just how I am. "
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More
Just
I Am
" I'm just a small guy. "
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Guy
Just
Small
" Usain Bolt is the fastest man in the land; I'm the fastest man in mixed martial arts. "
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Mixed
Arts
" I think 15 to 18 title defenses is something that would be in the record books forever. "
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Forever
Books
Something
" I don't care about being the champ champ. I want to be the only consecutive 12-time defending champion in any mixed martial arts promotion. "
Demetrious Johnson
Want
Champion
Care
" The first time I fought Ian McCall, I cut carbs completely out of my diet all through training camp. I was afraid I wasn't going to make weight, that I'd get on the scale, and it would be all, 'He weighs 128,' and the people would throw cabbage at me. I basically cut all carbs on the diet, just eat chicken and greens all the time. "
Demetrious Johnson
Chicken
Eat
Me
" You're starting to see a lot of fighters, like, 'We want more money so we can be able to retire eventually,' instead of, we get to 30 years old, and we're like, 'Alright, I think Costco has openings.' "
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Money
You
Want
" As a fighter, I pay very close attention to the amount of marketing that goes into and around my fights, and I can tell you that you'd be hard pressed to find much that has been done to promote me outside of 'TUF 24,' which was minimal in comparison to other fights, fighters, and shows. "
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Attention
Done
Find
" It's always about bringing in the numbers, the viewership. That's what gets you the money. "
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About
Always
Gets
" They'll always find somebody for me to fight. Whether I win or lose, they'll find somebody to fight, and I'll compete. I'll make money, and I'll pay my bills. "
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Win Or Lose
Me
Money
" I take care of Demetrious Johnson, and the UFC takes care of themselves. That's nothing against the UFC; they're a well-oiled machine. They do an amazing job at advertising and making stars. "
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Advertising
Job
Care
" MMA has the rudest, most negative, dumbest, ignorant fans in the world - but it also has the most passionate fans in the world. "
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Passionate
World
Negative
" When I got into this sport, I thought all I had to do was beat people and finish fights, and everything else would take care of itself. "
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Finish
Care
People
" At the end of the day, I know what my skill set and abilities are, and it's just going to take people a little while to recognize it. Whether that comes around or not, I'm not going to sit here in the corner and pout about it. "
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End Of The Day
People
Know
" I grew up with a single mom, two brothers, and a sister, and after school, we would play outside then go home for dinner and play videogames together. It's something I enjoy doing, and it's also cheap entertainment compared to a movie or paying for cable. You pay $50 one time for a game, and you can play it as many times as you want. "
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Mom
Time
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" When I'm done my mixed martial arts career, the only people who are gonna remember me and respect what I did and how I lived my life are my two children. That's my legacy, ladies and gentlemen. "
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Life
Legacy
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