Athlete

I think I should be respectful of fighters. This sport is brutal enough itself. I don't think you should say stupid statements or should act like savages.

I underestimated the difference of fighting in a cage.

Win or lose, just stay calm.

People consider me a striker, but I have trained jiu-jitsu for 10 years.

The cage is bigger than the ring, and it's a little bit different.

Even though I didn't do as well in the UFC as the rest of my career, I feel like I did everything that I could to have an overall successful career.

K-1 is the sport where I started. This is my first love, and I find K-1 more attractive and more suitable for our Croatian fans than MMA.

I train in the cage all the time. I have my own cage in my gym.

Conditioning is the most important thing in MMA.

I have twenty years of training like a spartan behind me. It has caught up with me. My body is broken down. I've been worn out.

Of course I could keep fighting, but every man comes to the point when he asks himself, 'Do I need it anymore?'

I was free on the market, and I wanted to go to the UFC, the only global organization.

People don't get it. Martial arts is my life.

I want to beat all the opponents who have beaten me before.

I'm not the kind of fighter who just hates each other before the fight. I can talk to you until one minute before the fight, and then I will take your head off if I can.

I really think me and my family live humbly. I've secured my life, and I won't have to open the newspaper and be looking for work.

I'd most prefer to be a free agent and fight up to six times a year, but that is unlikely.

I have to be honest: when you have 70 fights under your belt, your priorities change.

To be a successful fighter now, you have to go to a camp.

The only 'special supplements' I'm using is two hard and bloody trainings per day, five days a week.