I'm not larger than life, my personality is not larger than life, I promise you. But when I fight I am larger than life, I promise you that.
I wish I was fighting Jason High in his hometown. I would put him to sleep in front of all his fans. He's mainly a wrestler, but I'm an All-American wrestler. So I'm really not worried about Jason High.
A lot of people say I'm reckless and I take too many shots. I take shots on the forehead. There's nothing wrong with that. It puts me in punching range.
I watched the UFC way back in the day, before there were time limits. I always knew it's what I wanted to do some day.
I could lose and it could be the best fight ever, it still does great things for me.
This is entertainment business and I fight for money.
I've been saying I'm the best in the world for a long time.
I'm trying to live until I'm at least 65 or 70, so I might as well try and stay healthy until at least that long.
When I sat down and knew I was going to go to the UFC, I thought of Edson Barboza and I almost had a panic attack. And then right away I called my manager Ali Abdel-Aziz. I said, 'Ali, that's the fight I want.' I think it's the worst fight in the lightweight division for me, the scariest.
I should never be trying to avoid something in a fight, especially something I'm good at.
You will regret not seeing me fight live.
I just like punching loudmouths in the face.
When I lose, I'll get knocked out. It won't be because I got outworked or outskilled or anything like that.
In hindsight, I'd love to be undefeated still, but that's not what this sport is.
When I take a right hand, I roll with it. I don't absorb every single bit of the punch. There's different ways to alleviate some of the force of a punch besides just getting out of the way. When I take it, it's on my gloves.
I don't get hit a ton on the button.
False confidence is false confidence.
I'm very levelheaded.
I want to be the world champion.
Twenty-five minutes is a long time to stay focused. It's really something I had to work on to go in there and not get complacent for 2 seconds or 5 seconds or 1 second. That's all it takes.
