Athlete

I would love to fight Brock Lesnar. He's a massive dude.

The struggles don't define you. It's how you handle them that determines who you are.

The higher the risk, the higher the reward.

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.

I genuinely wanted to be an inspiration to other people and inspire people and be a role model.

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.

My friends and family all know me, and that's the important thing.

I don't enjoy hitting people; I enjoy outsmarting them.

I'm here to fight; I'm not here to protect whether you think I'm a good person or not. I've given up on that.

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.

When you say, 'When you're wrong, you're wrong,' I would 100 percent agree. I've always handled my punishments head on.

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.

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.

I notice that I'm full of myself, and I am arrogant to some degree, but it's honestly only when it comes to talking about MMA.

I'm here to fight; I'm not here to protect whether you think I'm a good person or not. I've given up on that.

I'm not scared of anything.

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.

A champion without his belt is like a knight without his sword. I've got to have it.

The biggest challenge is learning how to psych yourself up into believing in yourself as you walk into the Octagon.

Muhammad Ali was hated, and then he was loved at the very end. Floyd Mayweather was hated, and a lot of people are really coming around on him. So, I'm just trying to stay positive and try not to offend too many people along the way and hope for the best end result.