Athlete

Every fight is a new fight.

The best is that one that beats everybody. I don't care about the rankings.

Chael Sonnen inspired everybody. You go there and call someone out, and you get the fight.

People come to me to say I don't sell; Brazilian media say I don't give interviews. Nobody is obligated to do anything.

I think Americans are really patriotic people, so patriotism is something they can understand. I'm very patriotic about Brazil, my country, and that includes my language.

I'm the king of Dublin.

If you lose, no one will remember you, but if you're the champion, they will always remember you.

Pressure is nothing. It's part of the job.

Portuguese is the language of my heart; it's the language of my feelings. It's the language that I feel I can express myself best in.

When I'm inside the cage, nobody will take anything away from me.

I can fight Cain Velasquez if they want. It's not up to me, I'm not the matchmaker.

We create difficulties in training, so we never think it's easy.

Of course, people will be partial, but I put myself among the best in history.

I've considered going to lightweight. As soon as my trainer decides that I can go up, then I will.

We get paid way less than we deserve. We deliver shows and deserve to get paid more. We practically pay to do this. You deserve to get better paid if you sell the fight.

McGregor has no respect for the sport, for the person. That's it. He's not good for the sport.

What I want is to leave this sport as champion. I want to be the only featherweight champion. That's when I'll leave the sport.

I don't even watch my own fights. If it's not someone from my team or someone I like, I guarantee you that I'll go to the movies with my family instead.

If a fighter thinks he knows everything and stops trying to evolve, he's lost.

We always try the knockout, but it's hard to get it if the opponent always runs away.