Dos Anjos, his wrestling and grappling is supposed to be good, but I feel my Jiu Jitsu, wrestling and striking is way better. I'm better than him all across the board.

Even when I was a little punk kid, I would fight anybody - it didn't matter. That's who I've been my whole life.

That's my style of fighting. I am throwing down, you know? Having fun. And that's my approach to life.

Whether I'm in the main event or on the preliminary card, the same Cowboy is going to be out there.

I see the business side of it and moving up the ladder towards the title. That's where the money's at. That's the overall goal.

Bring the fights on. If I'm going to be the champ, I gotta beat everyone anyway, so what does sitting and waiting and holding my position do?

Colorado's home for me.

I've been all over the world. I've been to Japan, Africa, Morocco, everywhere. Heck yeah, I would go to Ireland. Why not?

I signed a contract to fight at UFC 187, so I'm going to fight at UFC 187, whoever it is against. It's the same thing.

I'm not worried about a title. It's just go and have fun.

I don't want to sound arrogant or cocky, but taking a fight on short notice against 'Cowboy,' you have to be mentally strong.

I remember kickboxing and traveling the world when I was young. I would go to Japan or Africa, and I would go for the experience. As soon as I got off the plane, we'd go have a good time, party. Fighting was just the outlet of what I was doing there.

Fighting angry and fighting mad isn't good.

You have a short window, you know, and if I plan on living the lifestyle I want, I've got to make a nest egg.

I'll fight every weekend - hell yeah.

The UFC has been nothing but great to me. I can't complain; they give me what I want.

I've had people say I'm inconsistent, and sure, I've never held a UFC or WEC title.

I thought that Yoel Romero and Tim Means got the only two tainted bottles of protein in the world. I thought it was crazy. You never know with these companies; you've got to be careful.

I'm not going to grant Bobby Green his wishes by fighting him and responding to his nonsense.

We have no one to stand up for the fighters' rights. If something bad were to happen, no one backs him, and it's just him alone, and everything gets washed out. We need people to stand up and fight for it.

I'm a guy who likes to keep fighting five, six times a year, so if I ask for too much money, they might say, 'Well, we pay you too much. We can't let you keep jumping backwards and forwards and promote it.' The money I'm making is good to keep grabbing short-notice fights. I love them; they're my favorite ones.

There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know.

Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

Think ahead. Don't let day-to-day operations drive out planning.

First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.

If in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right.

It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.

Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to 'carry it off.'

If it were a fact, it wouldn't be called intelligence.

Our task, your task... is to try to connect the dots before something happens. People say, 'Well, where's the smoking gun?' Well, we don't want to see a smoking gun from a weapon of mass destruction.

In politics, every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.

Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force responsibility down and out. Find problem areas, add structure and delegate. The pressure is to do the reverse. Resist it.

If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.

Remember where you came from.

Don't blame the boss. He has enough problems.

Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers.

Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.

The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief and the country.

Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers - they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.

Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.

Don't divide the world into 'them' and 'us.' Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours.

Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.

Politics is human beings; it's addition rather than subtraction.

Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was - by a taxpayer.

Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals.

Plan backwards as well as forward. Set objectives and trace back to see how to achieve them. You may find that no path can get you there. Plan forward to see where your steps will take you, which may not be clear or intuitive.

I don't do quagmires.

Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes.

Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.