If I don't have the drive and determination to wake up every day and train with young, hungry fighters, if I don't want to do that, then I need to get out of the game, but as long as my body says I'm all right, and my hunger stays the same, I'm going to keep going.

Coming back to the UFC was huge. I was ready for the spotlight for the first time.

I'm a big baseball fan, and I love the Cards.

I try not to worry about what people think and what people think I should do each fight, how impressive I need to be. I need to go out there and win; that's what it comes down to.

When you're on a roll, you want to stay busy - you want to keep that momentum going.

I just take it one fight at a time.

I just train hard and worry about the things I can control.

I didn't care what people thought of me, that I was getting better, pushing myself to get better. Those are the things I concentrate on. I don't concentrate on what everyone else was saying.

I'm glad that in this sport you can write your own stories, and you don't have to worry about what other people expect out of you.

I expect greatness out of myself.

I've always had a belief in myself and an ability to always do what I believe.

Just being able to grind, day in and day out. You have to be a different kind of person to not just do the workouts, but to not make money for months at a time.

Usually, when I liked athletes growing up, it was because they could hit a ball very far or they can throw a ball very fast. They can shoot a jumper, or they can dunk the ball.

I don't fight for my legacy or for the glory or anything like that. The feedback from the fans is nice, don't get me wrong; it's a good feeling having them - you on their side. But I'm motivated by making a good living for my family, and that's what made me get serious about this.

Everyone's got an opinion, and not all of them are good ones.

Sometimes spectacular things look really great, but when push comes to shove come fifth round, the basics, fundamentals and technical aspects are going to come into effect.

Even when you lose, you get better. Sometimes when you lose, you win.

Sometimes when you are winning, you don't see your flaws; you don't see what you are not good at.

I don't really think about or pay any mind to what everyone thinks about my fighting style or if they watch me fight; I just concentrate on myself.

It's nice that fans want to see me fight. It definitely helps and gets everyone excited. It gets the UFC excited, and they are quick to put me back in there. But I really just focus on myself and getting ready to fight.

I focus on making sure I'm sharp, and it doesn't matter who I am fighting. I need to perform at my best and try to elevate my game to the highest level I possibly can, so that is what I concentrate on doing.

I've always loved to fight. I love what I do, and that is why I've been doing it for so long. I really enjoy fighting and competing at a high level. I love getting in there and getting after it.

I always believed in myself, and even in the bad times, when I'd do bits of greatness here and there, it was those kinds of things that kept me alive and helped me to get to where I am now.

Adidas is one of the biggest companies in the world. To have a company like that, a mainstream company, a major sports company, to say they want me, it's awesome.

No one ever wants fight of the night. Every fight I've gone in, I want knockout of the night. I want to be in and out quick. Sometimes, these guys just have a lot of grit - they're highly trained, and I just can't get them out of there, so I get fight of the night.

Winning fires me up.

I think people appreciate that I've been around so long, and I never gave up on myself and just kept grinding, and eventually I made it to the top.

When St-Pierre retired, it brought a lot of enthusiasm to the weight class, and things got shook up.

I don't like going to decisions. I always try to finish people, knock them out, beat them up, and that's always the game plan.

It's all about being sharp and not taking too much damage. That's always the game plan.

I don't worry about who they're putting in front of me. Why would I? That's just nonsense for me to waste my energy.

My coaches do all the breakdowns of my opponents, and I leave that up to them.

Woodley has tremendous athleticism, brings a lot of technique - well-rounded fighter.

Everyone's out there trying to take what's mine, and they're going to have to fight me for it.

To take what I have, they're going to have to have more than skill and technique. It's a lot of heart, a lot of determination. That's just who I am. I'm not messing around out there. I'm not giving it away.

Every day, I need to get better. I need to get stronger. I need to get faster.

I want to go out there and be clean in my performances and showcase great knockouts.

It has never been a motivation thing. I'm a fighter. I always show up and give it my all.

In college, I tried to start wrestling as soon as I could and when it was available to me, as I loved competing, and then got into MMA under Pat Miletich, where I was able to sharpen all my skills and develop into a true fighter.

The basics win fights.

I only know I feel good when I fight.

I was a huge Mike Tyson fan, would sit through the night watching boxing matches and would hit the bag at every opportunity I would get.

I worry about myself in the ring; I worry about what I can do and how I can dictate a fight.

There wasn't much money in this sport when I started, but I didn't get into it because of money. I loved to fight, and I loved MMA.

I don't know what the fans expect out of these fighters, but I know what I expect out of myself. And that's go out there, beat people up, and just be me.

I think fans expect fighters to beat each other up, and what I expect out of myself is to stay of trouble.

I can see that I can be a role model.

Everyone likes different things. Not everyone's the same. Not everyone runs their mouth. Not everyone can fight.

You can only stay at a high level so long before you need to rest your body.

Everybody would rather get a quick submission, a quick knockout.