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" When you're watching people in non-title fights making four times the amount of money that a champion makes, it takes away the flavor of being a champion. "
Tyron Woodley
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" There's some ignorant people in the world, and if I spend time trying to convince people to think like me, I'll be wasting valuable time I could use to be growing my business, perfecting my craft as a fighter, watching film, studying, or just enjoying time with my family. Or just sleeping. "
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" The only person I'd be interested in boxing would have to be one of the best of the best. It would have to be, like, Andre Ward. "
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" It's just comical how short-term people's memories are. "
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" Goal number one is to be the welterweight champion of the world, and I'm away from my family way too often. This is a sport where we can make cash now. "
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" People don't realize how sick Amanda Nunes is. She beats some of the UFC bantamweight males in the gym. "
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" I'm gonna fall back, do my thing, but goddamn, I'm going to be a tough dude to deal with. "
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" What's on my playlist when I'm fighting is not so much hip-hop. Sometimes, it's something more inspirational. I get a chance to think about what I'm fighting for, like, my family. It takes me to that state because a lot of times, it's a spiritual warfare for me. "
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" I'm a successful individual and maneuvering in a culture where there are some racists. I still find a way to get to the top, whether I go around or weave through. "
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Top
" God does things on his time. He wanted me to sit down and wanted me to get some other aspects of my life back in order. "
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Life
God
Time
" Man, I fought since pre-K. I was small for my grade, but I was tough. "
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Man
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" I remember recording over my mom's cassettes and putting on 'Thuggish Ruggish Bone,' and my mom be like, 'What the hell?' Being that I was born in '82, I've been listening to all of the classics throughout my years. "
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Hell
Born
Listening
" I know when you do things systematically, non-stop, and repetition, that's how you make things happen in your life. It's the same thing in faith. "
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Life
Faith
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" My strength is my unpredictablity. I can wrestle, I can strike, I can move fast, and I do a good job of covering up. And because of my experience, I'm able to put myself in good positions in the ring. The guys I fight, they have to be ready for anything. "
Tyron Woodley
Job
Good
Experience
" My goal is to go out there and dominate. We all know if I'm in a position and I see my opponent hurt by landing good striking, I'm going to try to get him out of there. If I'm in the top position or in the position to finish by submission, I'm going to look for that. I don't feel the need to prove the haters wrong. "
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Goal
Look
" I'm just going to go out there, pop on my leather gloves, and constantly make connections outside the Octagon, and that will make me bigger in the Octagon. "
Tyron Woodley
Leather
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" You look at the top five right now and see guys like Kelvin Gastelum, who I've beaten, Carlos Condit, who I've beaten, Robbie Lawler, who I've beaten. How are those guys more notable than I am, and I'm the champion of the world? "
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Look
See
Champion
" I've beaten Jordan Mein. I've beaten Tarec Saffiedine. Some people might have said I beat Stephen Thompson. I beat Robbie Lawler. These are the greatest strikers in our sport, but I'm the only one out of all those guys that outstruck the best strikers, and I still don't get the credit for being the best striker in our division. "
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People
Some People
Credit
" It can be a grind, training and fighting and waiting for your chance. But when that opportunity presents itself, you have to be ready because you never know if or when you'll get another shot. "
Tyron Woodley
Waiting
Training
Fighting
" Look at guys like Demetrious Johnson, who's the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world. Why isn't he on the largest pay scale? Why are there people that aren't even champions making more money? "
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Money
Why
World
" I think a kid from the inner city, if I had to recruit, is the ideal person for MMA. They'd be less likely to be affected by hard work. They'd be less likely to not appreciate something when someone is helping them out, because they probably don't have a ton of stuff. "
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City
Work
Appreciate
" For me, it's about the legacy, being the best fighter and a champion who takes all comers. I'm going to make more money outside the Octagon, after my career, than I make in it. But it's making it difficult for me to achieve my goals when I have unnecessary stumbling blocks like my promoter saying damaging comments about me. "
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Money
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Goals
" Legacy is really important to me. It's more important than dollars to me. So with that said, I try to find the fights that would solidify my legacy. "
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Said
" Some people say things they think you want to hear, and some people say the things they are actually thinking. "
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Want
Say
Think
" I've had five submissions in the first round. I have 3, 4, 5 knockouts. I've had decisions. I've had grinding fights. "
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Five
Round
Decisions
" I have the highest takedown defense in the entire welterweight division, maybe the second-highest on the UFC roster. "
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Maybe
Highest
Division
" I've really valued each area of MMA. "
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Really
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Area
" If a guy isn't in a position to fight for a world title, or if he's not in a place where I can intercept his road to the title, don't offer him to me. I'm not in this to just fight guys for the sake of fighting. I'm not in this to make friends with the people who work in the organization. "
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Me
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" For me, I think you can coach guys in martial artsm, and wrestling can be one aspect of it, but I have no desire to be an NCAA wrestling coach again. It was one of the worst coaching jobs I have ever had. "
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" When you're working on a Marvel movie, their legal department do not play. "
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" When I was in college, I was a landscaper. Other than that, coaching has been my life and my job. A lot of people like coaching college, but I would never do it again. There are too many NCAA bylaws, rules and politics. "
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College
Politics
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