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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. "
Tim Kennedy
You
Referee
Out
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" Leaving active duty was so I could become the best fighter in the world at my weight class. "
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" If Katie Couric or Anderson Cooper asked me to come on to their shows and give them content every single day, I would do it because that gives me access to a huge population of people that I can hopefully, in some way, plant seeds in fertile soil, and those seeds would grow into oak trees of freedom. "
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" I will always be fighting in one form or another until the day I die. "
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Always
" 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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" 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 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. "
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" I got my hand slapped for talking about fighter pay. That was a big one. I had Dana White yell at me in front of, like, 20 other fighters. "
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" If we are ever going to rescue our nation from selfish entitlement, political correctness, and collectivism, we must start sending citizen-statesman warriors to fight for us in Washington, and I believe Col. Maness will do just that. "
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" I'm a Christian, and I give the glory to God. "
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" 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. "
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World
See
" You're always going to get an honest, straightforward response from me. Honest to a fault. "
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Always
Fault
" 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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Special
Street
Try
" Carlos Condit does the best job of being the counterstriking guy that is very elusive. "
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Best
Job
Very
" I freaking hate liars. "
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Liars
Hate
" 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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Love
American Dream
People
" I think the most rewarding thing is going over and being deployed and having done meaningful things. "
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Over
Think
Done
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Nothing
Ring
Service
" I'm an eight-year Green Beret, Ranger, sniper. "
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Ranger
Green
" Who would I be to be cowering to a bunch of gutless cowards acting like a bunch of tough guys online? "
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Like
Online
Tough
" When people refer to a cage fight as war, I think it's kinda cute... A war, huh? You know what a war is? They, evidently, don't. It's not maybe their place to know what it is, but I do. "
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Cute
People
Place
" 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. "
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Separate
You
Able
" What's the definition of terrorism? It's to achieve an objective through the use of force and fear. These are just nasty, evil, disgusting human beings who disrespect human life. "
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Fear
Evil
Disrespect
" I am a nice guy. I love having a good time. I love cooking. I love hanging out with my friends. "
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Time
Cooking
Friends
" Peacetime Special Forces are different than wartime Special Forces. And I'm just not sure I was born to be in peace time. "
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Special
Time
Peace
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Shape
Guy
Always
" 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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Done
Been
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You
Then
Rough
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Also
Against
" It's a good thing I have another job because the UFC doesn't pay very well. "
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Good
Because