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" When I say 'fighter,' I am thinking about how you deal with adversity, how you deal with being in bad situations. "

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" If your worst fear can come true, and everything can still be OK, then there's really not much to fear at all. "

" I have a very good ground game and very good wrestling. People just underestimate it. That's it. I want to keep it like that. "

" I will do whatever the UFC tells me to do, but there's not a doubt in my mind that I can be champion. "

" The most comical thing for me, even when I watch movies, is the guy who's so crazy confident about himself, with the mink jacket - to me, that is so funny. I wish I could be like that. As a fighter, I wish I could do that, so I could make people laugh. But I can't; it's not my style. "

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" I would love, love, love to watch Conor McGregor fight Floyd Mayweather. "

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