If you want to be the champ, you've got to beat the champ.
I was in jail a couple of times, and I was probably heading back there for a long time. But martial arts saved my life and some of the choices I made with it.
Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have.
Cheating is nothing to be proud of.
Yes, I was a bully. But the scrapping on the streets was my way of dealing with the anger I felt towards my parents.
I have, like, 12 screws in my hand.
I don't want to be remembered as just some tough guy who could take punches.
I've built a career in one of the toughest, most ruthless industries in the world. You can't do that unless you're completely with it.
I'm always going to say I'm going to knock someone out.
It's always discouraging to lose. You look at it and think, 'Man, what's going on?' It's always discouraging. But I'm a fighter. I don't like to quit.
My whole career's been an underdog's.
I'm always going to be a New Zealand fighter. I'm a Kiwi, of course, and I've still got my New Zealand passport.
If you don't like to be hit, you're in the wrong sport.
Coming from a standing background in striking, I couldn't catch up to the guys with 20-plus years of training on the ground. I had to learn submissions. I found out it wasn't an easy road. I had six losses in a row, but I still felt I was the best fighter in the world.
I was K-1 world champion.
I was a cheap criminal; I did many, many wrongs. I admit that. Of course, if I could tell each person I'm sorry, I would.
I'd like to fight and get close to that title shot - that's all I'm interested in. My whole purpose is to fight for the world title.
You can hear me starting to stutter and slur my words.
At the end of the day, none of us are really promised tomorrow anyway.
I've been training jiu-jitsu for a while. It just didn't really click in my brain. Maybe sometimes I get a bit lazy. By the time I realize I'm in trouble, I'm already caught. You can't really think about it. You've got to just react as it happens.
