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" Leaving active duty was so I could become the best fighter in the world at my weight class. "
Tim Kennedy
World
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" MMA has a referee, and you're wearing gloves. I'm in there with another volunteering participant that's out there to win some prize money. "
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" 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. "
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" I want to earn a top-contender status in the UFC, so I have to fight the best. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I will always be fighting in one form or another until the day I die. "
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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. "
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" I hate it when anyone in the gym can deadlift more than me. "
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" I'm competitive when I fight, but I don't get emotionally involved. "
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" Cold and fire has a way of creeping into the tiniest crack in your courage and finding that coward. "
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" You're always going to get an honest, straightforward response from me. Honest to a fault. "
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" I'm a Christian, and I give the glory to God. "
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" Carlos Condit does the best job of being the counterstriking guy that is very elusive. "
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" I love to deadlift, and it's a huge part of my training because it works every muscle in the body. "
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" I understand what justice is, and I understand what freedom is, and all of my friends do. It's always been that way. I love freedom of speech. I love freedom of religion. I want my neighbor to be totally fine, for him to be a completely flaming gay guy with his new husband. "
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" My military service has nothing to do with what I do in the ring. "
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" I'm against torture. I'm also against terrorism. "
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Also
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" 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. "
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" I love fighting and will always have the heart of a fighter. "
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" 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. "
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" I dominated Michael Bisping. "
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" I don't need MMA, but I love fighting. Those are very different things. "
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" When 9/11 happened, I was like, 'I gotta do something.' I went and talked to the recruiters, and I found out about the Special Forces 18X program. They take qualified people off the street, and they give them a shot at Special Forces. I was like, 'So I could go try out for Special Forces?' "
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" You should be falling asleep before your head hits the pillow because you worked so hard every moment of the day. "
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" 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. "
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