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" If I wanted to do a fixed fight, I'd be doing WWE. "

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" I did my job to make my name a household name. "

" 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. "

" I fight on emotions. When I don't fight on emotions, I don't fight well. I fight on emotion, because I'm in for survival. "

" 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 have all the money I want. I don't need any more money. "

" My number one goal was to be the best fighter ever in the Octagon. I think I can hold hands with many who can stake that claim. "

" I want to let people to believe in themselves, people believe in me that everything is possible. "

" I look at guys like - guys like Floyd Mayweather making $42 million dollars for a pay-per-view - what am I doing differently from what this guy's doing? "

" 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. "

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

" I don't see myself any higher than anyone else. "

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

" My kids come first on all measures. "

" Negativity just sucks the life out of somebody. "

" I had little problems during high school. It seemed like I was always getting into trouble in summer, going in and out of juvenile hall. "

" At the end of the day, I'm a dad, and I try to give my kids everything I never had as a kid. "

" At the end of the day, us fighters, all we have is respect. "

" At the end of the day, when I step in that cage, I'm there to fight for my name. It's not about money; it's not about who's gonna win or lose. It's about me winning. That's all that matters. "

" My true inspiration is to give everything to my kids that I never had. I had a really rough upbringing, and I want to break that chain. I've broken the chain, and I want to give my kids happiness every single day. When they wake up and hop on me and say; 'Dad I love you,' that is what means the most to me. "

" I was smart enough to save my money. I invest. The biggest thing you can invest is something they don't have a lot of, is land. I own a lot of it. "

" I've tasted the dirt side. I've tasted being broke. I've been in the dumps, I've lived in motels as a kid. I want a different opportunity for my children. I never want them to see those things. "

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

" I'm a Trump guy. I wasn't in the beginning, of course. I'm Mexican, when he said we need to take all the Mexicans out of United States... well, good luck on that one. They'll find a way to get back here anyways. "

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

" My biggest enemy has been my surgeries. "

" 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've had two neck surgeries, a back surgery, three knee surgeries, eye surgery, but I keep bouncing back. I won't go away - kind of like a virus. I don't go away. I keep coming back stronger and stronger. I'm contagious. "

" I squeeze like an anaconda. "

" Shlemenko wants to make his name off of Tito Ortiz. He's not the first person ever to do this. People have been trying to use my name ever since I was the champ. "

" 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. "