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" I want the whole world to watch me fight. But you know if people are just tuning in to hear me trash talk are not fight fans. "

Demetrious Johnson

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" 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. "

Demetrious Johnson

" Each time I'm training and sparring, I'm always pushing myself to submit my training partners. "

Demetrious Johnson

" 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. "

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" At one point in time in my career, it was like, 'Oh, he never finishes nobody.' Then, the next thing you know, I'm breaking peoples' arms, making them tap out, and knocking them out. Then, the next thing you know, it's, 'Oh, I don't like his personality.' It's like, 'Okay, well, if you don't like who I am, I can't help you there, buddy.' "

Demetrious Johnson

" That's kind of how I see my workmanship: it's how many hours I put in that makes me better. "

Demetrious Johnson

" If you look at the end of a roll of toilet paper, like the brown paper tube, I basically worked in a factory that made humongous ones like that - for concrete or anything you wanted to put in there. I was the guy who chopped those up into smaller pieces, put them in a box, throw it in a pallet, wrap it up, jump in a forklift and put it on a truck. "

Demetrious Johnson

" It's always about bringing in the numbers, the viewership. That's what gets you the money. "

Demetrious Johnson

" 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. "

Demetrious Johnson

" Yes, I'm known as the most technical fighter in the world, and I'm going to keep that as my brand. "

Demetrious Johnson

" I think 15 to 18 title defenses is something that would be in the record books forever. "

Demetrious Johnson

" I don't have small goals; I just have goals, and it's, one, stay healthy; and two, have a very successful career. "

Demetrious Johnson

" I wasn't a person who hated working. When I was working and training, I loved it. I loved that I had to work that hard. I think it transformed into the gym and then transformed into the octagon. It was a good thing. "

Demetrious Johnson

" I don't need to tell any one of you guys that I can do what I can do. I'll just show it to you guys, and if you want a little sneak peak, come watch me work out. That's how I do my thing. "

Demetrious Johnson

" Honestly, just all the love and respect from the fans, that's always the biggest thing that puts a smile on my face. "

Demetrious Johnson

" I don't like to disrespect people or my opponents. Anything can happen. "

Demetrious Johnson

" UFC has failed to market and promote me appropriately. "

Demetrious Johnson

" 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. "

Demetrious Johnson

" Pay-Per-View is run by drama. It is. It's true. I've done the research for myself. You look at Jon Jones. When Jon Jones fought Machida, probably did about $200,000, $300,000. When he fought Cormier, they made, like, $875,000. "

Demetrious Johnson

" All I can do is make sure Demetrious Johnson does the best he can on fight night and goes out and wins his fights. "

Demetrious Johnson

" I know why the UFC runs the business the way they do. I know why Conor McGregor makes a base pay of $3 million. But I think I justify my pay with my skill set, and I've always been willing to promote my brand. "

Demetrious Johnson

" 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

" I work way too hard in the gym to woo the judges and just skate by. "

Demetrious Johnson

" In the beginning of your mixed martial arts career, you're not making good money. "

Demetrious Johnson

" 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. "

Demetrious Johnson

" 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

" We've always been into juicing. It's one of the things that my wife likes to do. She's a vegetarian, so she loves to juice. And I'm a big health freak - well, when I feel like being it. "

Demetrious Johnson

" I always loved playing video games. It was something my mom did, and my sister played as well. "

Demetrious Johnson

" 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. "

Demetrious Johnson

" That's the beautiful thing about mixed martial arts - and I'll tell people that - you have to think outside of the box. "

Demetrious Johnson

" Usain Bolt is the fastest man in the land; I'm the fastest man in mixed martial arts. "

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