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" Totally different challenges, but being a dad and fighting both wear you out. "

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" I was the guy that would cram for everything, so I guess I was a bit of a slacker. I was a procrastinator. I spent a lot of all-nighters getting ready for tests. "

" When I'm training for a fight, I work out two or three times a day for five days a week. "

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

" I think some of the most important exercises are all the core exercises that you can do to maximize training in certain areas of your body. "

" Train hard, get good coaching, and don't forget that its mixed martial arts. Don't get tied into one style of fighting, and focus on multiple disciplines. "

" 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 thought I could beat anyone in the world. "

" I have absolutely no dancing background. I think I took one swing class when I was in college, with a friend of mine. I think I went twice. "

" You can actually find a lot of gyms that do teach mixed martial arts. But it's just like with any martial art - you've got to look at the coaches, go watch some classes, see how people treat each other and how the coaches treat the students. "

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

" I used to be able to pick out the UFC fans when I was in the airport. Now, it could be anybody. "

" The worst thing is losing because you got tired, because you didn't work hard enough in training. Ugh, that's the worst. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" That's one of the reasons I retired. To stick around, the way I was fighting, I would have to start playing it safe. I went out on my shield. That's the way I liked it. I fought that way my whole career. I don't want to bore people my last three or four fights. "

" 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. "

" I try to take two weeks off after a fight and then get back to working out four or five times a week. "

" I started doing martial arts since I was 12, and then I went into wrestling in college. After I met John Hackleman, I started getting really serious about it, and after a few amateur fights, I got an invite to the UFC and have been in love with it ever since. "

" I have one way of fighting: I'm going to come after you, put hands on you, and knock you out. "

" I put myself through college. "

" I drove motorcycles through college. I didn't have the money to buy a car. "

" I've got a family, and I get to enjoy my family, and I get to do different things, trying the movie thing a little bit. "

" I'm competitive at everything. "

" Everyone is on a fair playing field. It's safer for athletes, it's safer for the fighters - it's just a safer thing for fighters. So I think the USADA thing is good. "

" I'm probably not going to be popular with the fighters with this one, but my biggest problem is guys playing it safe. I understand it from a coach's standpoint and a manager's standpoint. I understand why you'd want to play it safe and want to win the fight, win every fight. I get it. "

" 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. "

" 'Dancing with the Stars' was hard work. It was interesting and fun, too, but it was hard work. "

" My style of fighting is to go down and trying to finish the guy and trying to end fights, not laying up because I'm winning the fight, just keep going after it. "