In wrestling, you're talking about a fraternity of champions, and I got a chance to be a part of that Olympic championship club. And anyone that ever won the Olympics in wrestling, there's something different about them.

Everything that I did to win a gold medal, I'm practically transferring it over to mixed martial arts.

I always wanted to become a student of the game and at least get six to eight fights before coming to the UFC.

My goal is to become a world champion.

I'm bilingual. I speak English and Spanish.

A wrestler loves to compete. At the end of the day, a wrestler just wants to compete.

The thing that people don't know about me - I actually boxed amateur for a few years.

I took my time with the sport of MMA. I wrestled, won the Olympics. I boxed for years.

I'm a big fan of Jon Jones.

My parents are from Mexico City.

It's up to the UFC, but I'll fight whomever, whenever. Minus maybe Vegas.

I don't want people to think I'm a wrestler.

I'm ready for anybody. If it's John Dodson, if it's Demetrious Johnson, if it's Joseph Benavidez, I'm ready for whichever one, whoever wants a piece of me.

I'm a competitor; I love to compete.

In the year 2013, I fought six times. I fought four times in two-and-a-half months.

I have really heavy muscle.

In Mexico, I want to be known as the Aztec Warrior.

If anything, I get better throughout the rounds.

Sometimes when you think something is shiny and gold, it tends to be rusted and bronze, but that's just the way it is, man.

Spanish is actually my first language, growing up, and I understand the culture. I understand the culture; I understand what the people want.

I'm a warrior.

The reason why I got into mixed martial arts is the competition: I'm a competitor. I wouldn't be doing this for anything else but competition. I want to take out the best.

I've actually picked up a lot of good habits from just watching film from Demetrious Johnson.

Being humbled is a good thing.

The general public, they get bored. There's no interest because they think, or they know, Demetrious Johnson will always win. And I've always said, even after that loss to Demetrious Johnson, even after he beat me, I said I felt him a little bit. I still believe I can beat him, even after being knocked down the first round.

I'm a very detailed fighter. I'm very detailed.

I study myself. I study film, and I make sure that everything's on point.

I have a purpose and a meaning in life, and I have to fulfill that. Being a champion is great, but more importantly than that, you get to be an inspiration and a role model to other people.

I'm not an emotional person.

I'm actually really good friends with Gray Maynard.

When I think of a world class wrestler, I think of Mo Lawal.

I remember reading the book 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad,' and I remember writing my goals down, and my number one goal in life was just to be a good husband and a good father someday. That was number one, as a 17-year-old kid.

The joy of tasting different cultures is it gives you a broad perspective, and you don't judge people from stereotypical characters you see in films.

Bali is one of those places you can just keep going back to, and everything is there: the infrastructure, the culture, the art, the beautiful villas. My wife Liv and I go there quite often because we know that when we do arrive, it's like an instant holiday.

You can hit the proverbial roof at certain areas in the industry unless you venture out. And I never really set out in my career to stay in one place. I wanted to go out and try new things. Luckily, I've had that opportunity.

No one knows the three-dimensional story of who I am. Or anyone is.

We've all been that young love, trying to impress the in-laws or having these crazy cousins that we're related to by blood - we can't choose them as sort of friends, but they're there.

Bali is the sort of place where you can walk down the street and find something picturesque.

I'm neither half white nor half Asian. I'm full both.

You need to take pride in where you're from.

I was born in the jungles of Borneo.

You can have Asians being leading men that are sex symbols. You can have leading women powering through.

I don't want to get stuck in romantic comedy.

Jon Chu is an absolute genius with his story-weaving.

You can try to justify how Asian you are, but you're never going to make everybody happy.

Travel opens eyes and perspectives.

The fact is, I'm half-British, half-Malaysian. For an Asian who's grown up in America to be commenting on how Asian I am when they've never left America... does that make them more or less Asian than me?

I've lived 16, 17 years of my life in Asia, and that's most of my life. I was born in Asia - I've lived cultures that are synonymous with Asian culture - but it's still not Asian enough for some people.

Everybody's had problems with their family. Everybody's had the pressures of finding the right love or not loving the right person because other people say so.

The only reason I left the salon was really to chase these dreams of either being an MTV host or a travel host. I loved the idea of doing something fun and interesting for a living, and that is what got me over to Malaysia.