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" You win a world title, you beat the best guys in the world, and a lot of these fans are kind of misconstrued about who are the best fighters in the world. "

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" It's a fist fight - the idea is to go out there and impose my will. "

" I really didn't want to enter the UFC in a fight that nobody really cared about or where people thought I was just going to whoop some guy. "

" If they could put us all in a tournament, that'd be the best way, but they're not going to do that here at the UFC. "

" I won my first 10 fights by knockout. The money was getting larger at the same time. "

" I want the best guys the promotion has to offer, put them in front of me, and I'll beat them. "

" The first time I fought Mike Chandler, I was thinking about money way too much. I was thinking about the end of my contract. My focus was way off. I didn't believe in the people that were guiding me. "

" I like to be with my back against the wall in dangerous situations. "

" Where most kids play stickball and hockey, I'd walk down the streets with two sets of boxing gloves and knock on my friend's door and see if he wanted to box. There were boxing gyms on every corner. "

" These kinds of fights, these big fights that get everyone talking and interested, these are the fights I want. "

" 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. "

" I'm my own biggest critic, so no matter what was being said in the media or being said by fans, I feel the worst when I disappoint myself. "

" Fighting, for me, is not a career - it's an opportunity. I'm going to take full advantage of it and do it as long as I can. As long as my body lets me and I'm healthy enough to do it naturally, I'll do it. "

" I'm looking to grab the UFC and pull them back in the direction of Philadelphia. "

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

" I've knocked a ton of guys out. I know the power I have and the advantages I have against the best in the world. "

" Regardless of the magnitude, the crowd, or the pay-per-view sales, the goal is to beat the guy in front of me. "

" If you're not successful at a certain weight, it rarely has anything to do with gaining or losing 10 pounds. It's something inside of you that you need to fix in order to win. It rarely has anything to do with cutting 10 pounds. "

" The longer I'm in this sport, the more I realize that it's not about the wins and losses that makes you a good fighter. It's about putting the time in and fighting the best guys possible and going after them. The outcome will take care of itself. "

" I will fight whoever the UFC wants me to fight. "

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

" If I can put the right guy with the right mouthpiece in front of the right opponents, we can build a champion, but he doesn't really have to beat the best guys; we just have to give him the right matchups. "

" With MTV2, every fighter is exposed to millions of people, and they won't have to take a monster pay cut to do so. "

" Money is always a motivating factor, but money has never been my driving force. In my first fight, I paid the promoter in order for me to fight. I was in the hole 300 bucks for that. Money has always been a byproduct of me doing something I love. "

" 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. "

" The fights for me are always about what you cannot see, the intangibles. It's about what's inside - what really is inside. "

" Where in normal neighborhoods, they would play stick ball and hockey and baseball, we used to slap box and bring boxing gloves down the street and box each other. "

" Typically, I would say that I'm not defined by one loss and I'm not defined by one win. But I'd be lying if I told you I didn't harp on the loss at Madison Square Garden. "

" As far as Nurmagomedov, I just don't get how you become the No. 1 contender without actually fighting guys who are ranked in the top 10. It kind of baffles me. "

" I like to keep a high pace, violent fight. I don't like to waste time, and I don't like to go to the judges. I feel like I've fought long enough where I can adapt to just about any situation. "