If I want a kid to be good at a front headlock - which, if you're gonna wrestle at a high level, you need a good front headlock - I'm gonna put him in there 50 times in that practice.
Having the letters UFC behind my name is not the be-all, end-all it is for someone. Some people think once they get into the UFC, that's it.
I just don't get hit a lot. That's what I'm good at.
When I'm thinking of sports, when I'm thinking of a boy growing up and being a man, I'm thinking of three things - honor, integrity, and toughness.
Listen folks, if you want your son to grow up to be a man, don't have him run around on a field kicking a ball; get him wrestling.
I don't think the number of followers has anything to do with how good I am fighting. That said, I am good at fighting, and I do have a lot of followers.
I speak plainly, I don't beat around the bush, and I'm just genuine.
Some people, they don't get a few takedowns, they start getting nervous, and they fade. That's just not in my character.
One of the big things is I try not to worry about things I can't control.
I got in MMA for one reason: to see if I could be the best in the world.
If your coach ain't got your back, who's got your back?
I've been around the block. I travel a lot to gyms.
Squash - definitely a rich's person sport, and it's only played in a handful of countries.
My view on wrestling in MMA is changed a lot since I started really doing it.
I try to wrestle one time a week with good, solid people.
In wrestling, if you want to be the best wrestler, you show up at the U.S. Nationals. If you win that, you go to World Team Trials. You make the World Team, you go to the World Championships, and we all know who the best is at the end of the year.
I think people realize that I'm one of the best welterweights, whether I'm number one or number four or number five or number six.
So I think there's a lot of people who are really interested to see how good I really am, because they know I'm good, but they're not really sure how good. They want to see that, and there's definitely interest in that, but because of some other people's shortsightedness, maybe it never really happens.
When I say something, I generally stick to it, no matter what it is in life.
Young guys kind of have this chip on their shoulder of, 'I want to prove something,' right? 'I've got to prove how tough I am. I've got to prove how good I am.' And man, now as I'm getting older, I think it's almost sad when guys my age and older still have that chip on their shoulder.
