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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Maybe UFC and Bellator should take care of the fighters when their careers are done, as the NFL takes care of their players. Because they're making so much money off us. "

" I don't have to prove anything else in this MMA world. "

" It gets to the point where, by the time you're underneath the arena lights and you're staring at your opponent, that's the best time. That's the best feeling in the world, because all the other stuff goes away. "

" I do charity work for St. Jude's Children's Hospital and the USO. I made all the money I'm ever going to need - all my family is every going to need - so I try to give back to the community. "

" Us fighter put our lives on the line to entertain the fans that watch. "

" Being outspoken was important... I helped make the UFC what it is today with Chuck Liddell, Royce Gracie, and Randy Couture. Some said I was outspoken in a bad way, but I was just trying to educate the fans what being a UFC fighter is all about. "

" I made the wrong decision myself in my career. I tried to battle against the system. I should have never done that, but I didn't have anybody else who showed me how to do it before. I did everything on instinct. "

" In the UFC, at first we were like a family, but then it turned corporate. In Bellator, we're family. "

" I'm very thankful to Bellator. "

" The UFC makes about 99 percent of the money, and the rest goes to the fighters. That one percent ain't nothing compared to what they make on merchandising, on pay-per-view, and everything else they make around the world. "

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

" Once someone watches me compete, I'm part of them forever. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" After having my first surgery in 2003, having an ACL replacement, I never thought I'd be able to compete again. "

" I understand my limits. I'm not going to go out there just to fight for money and to put on a show for people at the risk of my own health. I won't do that. "

" Scott Coker, I've known him such a long time, he's always been a straight shooter. He's always been very, very respectful towards me. He understands the business. He understands marketing and how to push the fighters to make them superstars in a household environment. "

" My kids come first on all measures. "

" When I get in that cage and fight, that's not me. It's somebody else. It's like a light switch that turns on. "

" I don't wanna fight a street fighter. "

" I want to be remembered as a fighter with integrity. A fighter who did it this way, who has respect because he wanted to push the envelope for the fighters. "

" I put my heart, soul, and body into this sport. "

" I was always a huge WWF wrestling fan, and Hulk Hogan was one of my biggest heroes. "

" Tito Ortiz vs. Chuck Liddell III, the fight that all the fans wanted to see for the longest time and never got a chance to. I never got a fair shake when I was with the UFC against Chuck, any of the times I ever fought against him. "

" I've had an ACL replaced in my left knee, ACL replaced in my right knee, 50 percent of my meniscus taken out of my right knee, lower back fusion, C-6, C-7 fused in my neck, C-5, C-4 disk replacement, C-4, C-3 fused. I have 26, 27 concussions, hundreds of stitches. I've been through the grinder. "

" 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. "