I went through a training camp; I worked extremely hard. I prepared for UFC 200. This was the big one. This one meant everything to me.
Jon Jones, grow up, bud. We're going to fight regardless of how you feel. And when we do, and I'm cutting the line, and you might as well pull the guard because I'm taking you down.
I have to be smart. You cannot be going in there, trying to go forward and pressure guys, and be taking damage and getting hurt on the way to doing it.
My low center of gravity allows me to defend takedowns a lot better than most people. It's very hard to get to my legs. It's going to be really hard to take me down. There are a lot of positives to being my size.
When you start fighting, when your dream is to be the champion of the world, when you accomplish that, you don't feel lost. It doesn't hinder you. It only helps.
My confidence comes from knowing I do the right things in my life. I do the right things in the gym. I do the right things all together.
Being able to go forward has been good, you know? I'm lucky to have that ability, to pressure guys and make them falter and wilt.
My training has always been really tough. I've always worked hard. I've always been very committed to my training and focused on my workout.
My confidence comes from my fights and my training.
I want to be the best.
My confidence comes from me, not from Jon Jones. I can't draw my confidence from another person.
I'm not a guy that really likes to pile onto somebody. Doesn't really matter who it is.
I have definitely worked on that... being efficient and also being smarter with my pressure.
You have to be a champion in all facets of life.
As a champion and one of the best fighters in the world, guys should always step up to the plate and want to fight Jon Jones.
I was a fan of Jon Jones. I thought he was great.
I'm not on a slander campaign to ruin Jon Jones publicly. That's not what I set out to do.
If I would have won that Olympic gold medal, I would have gotten a job somewhere coaching at a university, and I would be totally content with my life.
I've always been a rough kid.
I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.
