I want to exit from this sport with my head intact.
At the end of the day, I know what I bring to the table.
You go out there and say I fight for the UFC, people know exactly what that is.
You cant really put a value on the UFC name. That alone has value in itself.
I don't want to be resentful to the sport. I want to be able to leave the sport on a high note.
I want to be in my prime making the big money, enough money to put away so I can do something.
You just take your hits on the chin and move on, that's life.
I've never been one to shy away from a challenge and I've never been one to shay away from talking a big game.
I like to put my money where my mouth is and go out there and perform and do what I gotta do.
I'm in this to change my life, to change my fortunes. I'm not in there to just fight for free.
I fight for people's entertainment, but at the same time that entertainment comes at a cost.
I got to the pinnacle of the sport for a reason and that's to make money. I didn't come here just to give handouts.
I'm a lot bigger than Faber, I'm pretty sure I'm a lot stronger than Faber and I'm pretty sure I'm a lot faster than Faber.
You can't keep a star from shining and my star's going to shine bright.
It's the fight game. I'm ready for everything.
We're all fighting for a reason. We're not fighting to just fight. There's got to be some type of reward at the end of the rainbow and that reward is a big, shiny, UFC gold belt. That changes every fighter's life dramatically for the better.
If we're just going to have contenders fighting just to fight, that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Then I might as well just start jumping around divisions too because there's a lot of fun fights for myself in other divisions that I think I would love to entertain.
I'm too long, I'm too rangy, I can box, I can kick, I can wrestle, I can do jiu-jitsu.
Even when I teach my MMA classes in the gym, it's hard to teach what I do. It's more of state of flow, a state of feel. It's not a robotic thing like one, two, three, kick, one, two, three, switch, jab, cross. It's completely unorthodox. Everything is about rhythm, tempo and pace. It's a different style, man.
I bring the funk. It's a different style.
