Training in Las Vegas at Xtreme Couture was awesome and I was there for almost two years.

Nothing bad can happen if you train your butt off and make the right decisions and surround yourself with the right people.

I'm happy with the life I'm making for my wife and son. That's the most important thing.

I like Scott Coker a lot. He built Strikeforce, turned it into what it was and he has a great reputation with fighters and other promoters.

For me, I want to make sure every single day I wake up and give thanks for everything that I've been given in life.

I just think that with my wrestling background there's not going to be any doubt in my mind that if I have to go through a three round war that in the third round I'm gonna be more fresh, more tenacious, I'm gonna want that win more than anybody else I'm going to have to fight.

My body is durable, my body is able to withstand a lot of practices, a lot of punishment.

Somebody with a huge brand like Bellator under an even huger brand like Viacom, to have them put their faith in me, to put me in so many things, to put me in commercials, send me to all these events, and just to continue to put me in the cage with great talent, it's great.

Financial freedom is very important to me because when that kind of stuff is taken care of, I can just focus on fighting.

Henri Hooft is the greatest striking coach on planet. He's phenomenal leader - he makes me believe in me more than I will ever believe in me.

I'm just blessed that fighting was an option. Now I'm doing it and I love it. I thank God every day that I'm in the sport.

I really have a heart for children who suffer from cancer. I can't imagine having to go through that at such a young age.

I'm a guy who's been around this sport on the outside looking in, seeing, watching, scheming, plotting and planning his next big move.

America was built on hard work and not complaining about stupid junk.

I'm always training to be quite honest, but there are those moments when you're a little more out of shape than you should be.

There are a lot of people who don't believe I deserve to be recognized as one of the top-10 best and I don't necessarily disagree with them.

My wrestling's always better than most people's.

It really has been just take it one day a time, one fight at a time, one training camp at a time, one year at a time.

Nothing has really made me upset aside from the baseless, false accusations of PED use.

It's a fast-paced somewhat violent sport, but it's very much entertaining. And the greatest thing about mixed martial arts is that it transcends a lot of demographics.

I never focus on my opponent - I focus more on myself: knowing what my strengths are, where I can take the fight, how I can win the fight, and the intensity that I'm going to bring to a fight.

I had my first fight in August of 2009 and haven't looked back since.

I've been blessed so much in my own life and I want to spread that blessing to others who need it.

If fighting ever got in the way of my marriage, you'd see me sacrifice my career.

I do love the outdoor. Love love the outdoors, fishing and hunting and that kind of thing.

I pretty much just train... and go to church on Sundays.

Benson is a champion. I'd be lying to you if I said I wasn't scared to death inside this cage, stepping into the cage with that monster.

My goal is to win and to finish fights quickly.

You don't hope to go up and hit a single. You go up and hope to hit a home run.

I talk to my god every day and he's completely fine with me beating the hell out of people.

I'm a nasty human being when I step into that cage, but before that I could care less.

I got a wife and a son I have to fight for.

I just turned 34 and feel like the best striker I've ever been.

It's damage to a nerve. It pretty much shut down the whole lower part of my left leg. I wasn't able to step anymore. It's called foot drop - basically, you can't lift your foot.

There are always a couple of ways you envision fights going; you always envision a win and a great finish.

Obviously, as a young, young, hungry fighter, I'd like to be fighting three or four times a year.

I don't focus on how I'm gonna get the finish or how I would like to get the finish. I focus on just my game plan that I've gone over with myself, my coaches. If the finish comes it comes.

I've had the belt and it's great. But at the end of the day it's just 12 pounds of leather and gold.

You got to surround yourself with the strongest in the world, the strongest training partners and the best people. That's what I do.

When I first started fighting, it was just me. But things changed when I married, knowing that I had another person counting on me.

The people who know me, the fans who've watched my fights, they know what I'm about. They know that I'm going to give 100 percent of everything I have each and every time I get into the octagon.

Some guys, when they enjoy some success in this sport, they get complacent. Not me. It makes me work and train that much harder, helps to bring out the warrior in me.

I didn't even drink in college.

If it's an emotional chick-flick type of movie, chances are, I'm going to end up crying. I'm not afraid to admit that, because I think emotion is very healthy.

Once I'm in training camp, there's no beer, there's no soda, there's no bad food. There's no anything. It's eat, sleep and breathe training.

Benson Henderson is a professional; he's a champion. He knows how to handle himself in the cage and he knows how to win fights.

Growing up as a wrestler, especially in practice, I think you get used to competing without much of a crowd around.

The belt will grow dust and sit on the mantelpiece, but it's not about the belt. It's about how I can be as a father, as a human being that matters to me.

I think overall body awareness and knowing exactly where I need to be makes a big difference. Knowing how much weight to put on each foot or where I need to put my hands are things I'm very good at. Obviously with the wrestling background those are things that come naturally.

I was never an upper body wrestler. I am a shooter.