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" That's the beautiful thing about mixed martial arts - and I'll tell people that - you have to think outside of the box. "
Demetrious Johnson
Box
Think
Beautiful
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" I guess I'm bothered by how fans react to certain things and how they're interested in certain things over true talent. I've always appreciated talent over everything else. "
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" Honestly, just all the love and respect from the fans, that's always the biggest thing that puts a smile on my face. "
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" At the end of the day, UFC is a business. "
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" I'm not going to go out there and have these slugfests, but I'll go out there and dominate my opponent. That's what I do in my fight. "
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" I'm the type of fighter who has never made an excuse. I fought with a broken rib, broken leg. "
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" Some days I have off like Thursday and Sunday but typically Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday are dedicated to training if I'm in fight camp. "
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" Usain Bolt is the fastest man in the land; I'm the fastest man in mixed martial arts. "
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" I would have to say fantasy RPG and MMOs are my favorite type of games. I love 'Dark Souls II.' That game is so hard and unforgiving; if you beat that game, you have true skills. "
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" I'm not in the business to get hit and take concussions. "
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" Each time I'm training and sparring, I'm always pushing myself to submit my training partners. "
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" I can eat whatever I want, and I don't get over 145 pounds. A lot of the guys who fight at 125 pounds, they get pretty big, and when it gets closer to the fight, they're walking around at 135 pounds. For me, I try to stay the same weight I typically walk around at. "
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" I don't need to tell any one of you guys that I can do what I can do. I'll just show it to you guys, and if you want a little sneak peak, come watch me work out. That's how I do my thing. "
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" The first time I fought Ian McCall, I cut carbs completely out of my diet all through training camp. I was afraid I wasn't going to make weight, that I'd get on the scale, and it would be all, 'He weighs 128,' and the people would throw cabbage at me. I basically cut all carbs on the diet, just eat chicken and greens all the time. "
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Eat
Me
" That's one of the things I loved about Pride: the first round was ten minutes. "
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Loved
Pride
" If you want to see great mixed martial arts, tune in when I fight. If you want to see drama and all of that stuff, you guys can go watch 'Bachelors in Paradise.' They'll give you enough drama you can want to watch. "
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" In the beginning of your mixed martial arts career, you're not making good money. "
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Beginning
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" I don't care if my opponents are cheating or not. "
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Care
Opponents
" I'm not looking for people to put that vote on me to be prom king of the UFC. "
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Looking
Vote
King
" Me, I'm a working-class man, and I go to my job, put in the work, and walk away clean and unscathed, and I like it that way. "
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Job
Work
Man
" I wasn't a person who hated working. When I was working and training, I loved it. I loved that I had to work that hard. I think it transformed into the gym and then transformed into the octagon. It was a good thing. "
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Gym
Good
" They'll always find somebody for me to fight. Whether I win or lose, they'll find somebody to fight, and I'll compete. I'll make money, and I'll pay my bills. "
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Me
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" For me, you look at the beginning of his career, the man couldn't even make weight. That's how I found out about Henry Cejudo to begin with. 'Oh, Henry Cejudo misses weight again.' I'm like, who's this guy who keeps missing weight. When the UFC signed him, I was like, 'Great, you guys signed another guy who can't make 125.' "
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" If I went up there and beat T.J. Dillashaw at 135 pounds, I have no interest whatsoever in staying at 135. People are like, 'Why not?' and I'm like, 'I have no interest in fighting guys who walk around at 160 pounds.' "
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People
Like
Beat
" You can tell MMA is a carb sport because it's fast; it's explosive. It's not a fat storage sport. "
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Fat
Fast
" I work way too hard in the gym to woo the judges and just skate by. "
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Gym
Work
" I think 15 to 18 title defenses is something that would be in the record books forever. "
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Books
Something
" All I can do is make sure Demetrious Johnson does the best he can on fight night and goes out and wins his fights. "
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Fight
Best
Out
" I saw Bobby Green and Lando Vannata, and everybody in the back was like, 'Oh, man, that's a sick fight!' And I'm like, 'Dude, look at his face, that cannot be good for his brain.' I'm just honest. "
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" There's money to be made, and I want mine. "
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Money