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" I was deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq with British Special Forces Units. I have great respect for the British military and the country as a whole, so I don't have anything negative to say about that. "

Tim Kennedy

Respect

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" I love the idea of what America is. America is a bunch of people that do these incredible, thankless, selfless jobs that nobody really knows about that makes that American dream possible. "

" I'm against torture. I'm also against terrorism. "

" I will always have that, 'I want to be the best fighter on the planet' thing in me. "

Tim Kennedy

Want

Will

" I want to thank the military community for their support. I'll never be able to explain how much you motivated me and how much I always tried to make you proud. "

" Carlos Condit does the best job of being the counterstriking guy that is very elusive. "

" I always have that nagging feeling of wanting to go back and getting my long gun back and be a sniper on a Special Forces ODA, which is the greatest job in the world, but I have some goals in MMA that I set out to do, and I'm not going to stop until I get them. "

" I'm not perfect - I'm human, and I can make mistakes - but I'm always going to fight clean; I'm always going to go out there and try to put on a good show. "

" Find something bigger than yourself and pour every ounce of who you are into it. If that's your family, be the best father on Earth. If you are a cop, firefighter, or a trash man, be the best. "

" I'm a Christian, and I give the glory to God. "

" I've fought guys that I like. When you're fighting a guy that you don't like, you have to be able to separate certain aspects of it. "

" My military service has nothing to do with what I do in the ring. "

" I've been to Afghanistan and Iraq a few times, and then I've done deployments elsewhere - with Special Forces, we go all over the place. "

" I wish that everyone that's complaining about how things are here would shut their mouth for a little bit, go around the world and see how it is everywhere else. "

" I have a pretty amazing life. Even back-to-back deployments - Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey - it's still pretty rewarding. "

" I freaking hate liars. "

Tim Kennedy

Liars

Hate

" I'm asked daily about how and why I don't have PTSD. I'm probably the last person on Earth you should ask about this stuff. "

" You're always going to get an honest, straightforward response from me. Honest to a fault. "

Tim Kennedy

Always

Fault

" I want to thank all of my opponents. Iron sharpens iron, and every great victory or crushing defeat occurred because there was someone who trained hard and had the courage to meet me across the cage. "

Tim Kennedy

Great

Victory

" I think obstacle courses in general are a blast, and I love the Green Beret one; I've done it - I don't know - 20, 30, 40 times. I'm always trying to break my time from the last one or use a new technique to get through a certain obstacle. "

" Fighting is a very independent thing, and it's not a team sport, and it's not the NFL, you know, because we don't have to look the same. "

" I make, like, three or four times more when I don't fight than when I do fight. And, I'm one of the higher-paid guys in the UFC, which is remarkably tragic and pathetic. "

" MMA in an individual sport, and you're just pushing yourself to be as dangerous as you can be in 15 minutes. "

" I dominated Michael Bisping. "

Tim Kennedy

Dominated

Michael

" I've been part of task forces hunting the most evil humans to walk the face of this planet. I believe all of that was for a reason, because I love America. "

" I know I'm not a marquee name, and I'm looked past by most guys. "

" No matter what I do, it's all about the workouts. When I travel, I make sure I get my workout in first. When I'm in camp for a fight, I don't travel at all, and I train three times a day. The secret is to just keep working. "

" I will always be fighting in one form or another until the day I die. "

" I love to deadlift, and it's a huge part of my training because it works every muscle in the body. "

" I'm the guy that once graduated Ranger School - a place that starves you and denies you sleep for over two months - and took a fight six days later in the IFL and won. "