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" People got to understand, the fighters at the top are the fighters that are supposed to get paid because they're the guys that are bringing people in, bringing eyes to the TV, getting pay-per-views buys, and putting people in the seats. I mean, that's what it comes down to. "

Chuck Liddell

Understand

Down

Eyes

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Win

You

" It's hard for an athlete to quit what he's done his whole life. "

" Every time I win, I prove something: I'm the best guy in the world at what I do. "

" The most excited you'll ever see me is after knocking a guy out. "

" Having 'The Ultimate Fighter' was the thing that did it for us, live fighting on TV. That's what we had to do, was get a live fight on TV. It couldn't have worked out better. "

" It's one of those things: I'm never gonna get over not fighting, I don't think, but I'm content with my decision to retire. "

" I drove the Ford Ranger until probably five years after college, till about 2001, when I was almost 30. "

" If I weren't fighting, I'd be in the business world. "

" I think the reasons I retired stay the same. I don't want to change my style. I can't take a punch like I used to for whatever reason. I've heard all sorts of theories as to why that would happen, but I can't do it. "

" I was in 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' with Jack Nicholson. That was fun. I think I made, like, $33 or something. I got to miss a whole day of school, and when you're a little kid, that's cool. "

" I have a great time with the kids. I'm always happy when they're around. "

" My whole life, I've been training for something, whether it be baseball or football or wrestling or martial arts. "

" We run on the beach some days, and others, we run hills behind the gym. We also do several hours of grappling each week as mixed with some intense cardio in the ring. "

" I don't ever go into a fight wanting to hurt someone. I just want to show them that I am better than them, and if they get hurt, it's part of the sport. "

" I'd like to have all of my losses back. But it's too late for that. "

" Everyone says I drive like my grandfather, but that's not always a good thing because he didn't always watch the road because he'd talk to you and look at you. He was a deputy sheriff, a cop, for a long time. So he was always looking around, checking out other things, other than what's directly in front of him. "

" I don't like being bad at anything. "

Chuck Liddell

Anything

Bad

" I don't read a lot of MMA news. I try to stay out of it. "

" I don't change my style for anybody. "

" I'm competitive at everything. "

Chuck Liddell

Everything

Competitive

" I eat more when I'm not training as much. But I get in the gym, and when I feel my gut, I try to eat healthy for some of my meals. "

" As far as losing fights, that's part of the sport. "

" Aldo needed to feel McGregor out. Coming right at him ran into McGregor's game. I thought he'd start by taking him down and confuse him a little. Maybe he had all that stuff planned, but one combo, and Aldo got caught. That happens, especially with a guy as talented and precise and full of power as Conor. "

" I try to stay in shape and am always consistently working out. "

" I like Glover Teixeira; he's a former training partner. "

Chuck Liddell

Training

Former

" Mixed martial arts is great, and it's here to stay. "

" I hate hearing in a UFC corner, 'You won the first four rounds; just stay away from him this round.' "

" Numbers have always come easy to me. "