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" The moment I let fear slip in is the moment that the fights are gonna start getting closer and closer. "
Jon Jones
Closer
Moment
Fear
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" I've really tried everything in my power to get my life together. "
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" I have tons of pictures of myself as a kid with my medals, and they were never gold medals. "
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" In a fight, you got to know that there's a strong chance you're going to get hurt. But at the same time, you know, most of the injuries you sustain in fighting are not career-ending injuries. "
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" Call it weakness if you will, but even the toughest individuals need assistance getting back on track. "
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" I wouldn't argue that Anderson Silva is the best pound-for-pound fighter in MMA. "
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" I'm not saying Gustafsson isn't a champion. He's not the champion that I am. He's not a champion at all. I've won the belt seven times. He got tapped out by Phil Davis and lost to me fair and square. This guy gets so much praise. Having a close fight with me was the greatest thing he's ever done. "
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Me
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" I often get people that come up to me with the UFC 151 poster with me and Dan on it and ask me to sign it. "
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" I'll see trash talk and people telling me why they're favorite fighter is going to beat me. It motivates me for sure. "
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" When you say, 'When you're wrong, you're wrong,' I would 100 percent agree. I've always handled my punishments head on. "
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" I love Twitter in particular because it allows me to grow and see how people feel about the decisions I make. My followers, they're always pretty honest with me. I love the honesty I get. I also find motivation in it. "
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" Being labeled as someone who would cheat hurts more than anything else I've ever been through in my career. "
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Career
Through
" I am an athlete in every sense of the word. Athlete, martial artist. "
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Athlete
" I think once you start to think that you're the man, and you know it all, and your style is unbeatable and stuff like that, that's when you get caught and clipped and get humbled really fast. "
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Start
Style
You
" I just keep my eyes open and focus on the things I'm not good at and what makes other people better than me - technique and things outside the Octagon. "
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Eyes
Focus
Better
" I was never popular. I always kind of wanted to be accepted with the rich kids, with the cool kids, and I never had that. "
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Always
Cool
Kind
" When it comes to fighting and other fighters, I try to be respectful. "
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Try
Fighting
" I'm not scared of anything. "
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Scared
" We're all going to make mistakes; they're inevitable. It's what you do after these mistakes that matters. "
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Mistakes
Inevitable
You
" The higher the risk, the higher the reward. "
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" A lot of coaches in MMA focus on MMA wrestling. My coach, his high school team is ranked 10th in the nation. Izzy Martinez is very connected to the wrestling community. "
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Nation
Community
" Whenever I talk about Christ out loud, or I tweet a verse or say something in reference about Christ, a lot of people lash out and aren't very excited to hear about my love for Christ. "
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People
Talk
Say
" I just would hate to have to fight my own teammate. I would never want to. "
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Fight
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" Just staying healthy, that is true wealth and true happiness. "
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" I will get out there and train harder than anyone, five times a day sometimes. You have to be a special person to do that - like, special forces, military maybe. "
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" Growing up, I was poor. In college, I was poor. I never had anything. "
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Growing
" I grew up originally in Rochester. It was where I was born and a very tough neighbourhood with a lot of violence. I consider myself lucky. When I was aged 11, in 1998, Dad moved us to a suburban area from what was a ghetto area. It gave me a chance of survival. "
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" I've come to expect more out of myself - as a citizen, as a man, as an athlete - to reach a better place, a place I've never been. "
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" I would study the best, the most flashy, the guys that had that flair, the guys that had that wow. I'd study those fighters, and I made up my mind that I'd be all of those at once. "
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Mind
Most
Study
" You have to turn the lemons life gives you into lemonade, and you have to take time to sit back and enjoy it. "
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You
Life
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