If somebody doesn't want to show up for a press conference I'll pull them from the card.

With my fighters, there's no excuses like, 'Hey, listen, he's a dumb guy. Came from the mean streets of somewhere. He's just not all that bright.' These are educated guys, most of them went to college, they have families, children, etc. These are smart, rational people I'm dealing with.

I'm a firm believer in... just because these guys are professional athletes or whatever, everybody's going to have an opinion on something, and not everybody's going to get along. I've had my words with fans on Twitter too.

I treat people and I deal with my fighters and I deal with the fans like a real person. I don't come out and read canned statements written by our lawyers.

I'm a weirdo.

The most famous athletes throughout the history of time are fighters.

I'm nice to everybody, I respect other people. If you respect me, I respect you.

Am I a little rough around the edges? Do I say things that people don't like sometimes? Do I swear a lot? Yes, yes, yes. Life's hard, man.

People try to compete with the UFC but we're the best at what we do.

I genuinely love this sport and most of the guys who compete in it.

I'm a huge Ronda Rousey fan. She's extremely talented. What I like most about her is she's mean and nasty.

As far as women fighting in MMA, I don't like it when the division isn't deep. I don't like to see a woman who's so much better than everybody else smashing other women. That's tough to watch.

Chuck Liddell loves to fight. That's his passion. That's what he loves in life. But there comes a day and age - fighting is a young man's game.

Nevada is a very scary place. This is the worst commission on the planet. I am afraid to bring fights to Las Vegas.

I used to laugh at MMA and say 'do you know what a boxer would do to an MMA guy?' and then I got educated on the truth.

I never have the plan to overtake boxing. I love boxing; I came from boxing.

We want to build this sport all over the world and it absolutely, positively works in the U.K.

We bought the UFC when not only was it a bankrupt company that was going under, it had a horrible stigma attached to it. This thing was so bad it was not allowed on pay-per-view.

There will never be a fighters' union. Ever.

The reality is this: Fighting isn't a team sport; it's an individual's sport.

I live a pretty crazy lifestyle.

I swear to God, if my kids, when they're 18, if they come to me and say, 'Dad, I love pumping gas. I love getting up in the morning, I love grabbing the handle, I love the smell of the gas station,' I'd say, 'Go for it,' because if you love it that much at 18, he's probably going to end up owning 25 gas stations by the time he's 30.

Kimbo Slice the man, you watch the YouTube videos of this guy in backyards, and they start fighting and you think this guy's a thug. You think he's a bad guy, you have this perception of him and then you meet him, it isn't true. It's the exact opposite. He's a really good guy.

Really, the way to learn jiu-jitsu is to do it. If you do jiu-jitsu you get it and you learn it.

The UFC brand is going to be here for a long time.

There's plenty of people I don't like that we put fights on with. It's not up to me whether I like them or dislike them, it's what the fans want to see.

It's unbelievable how good Jon Jones really is. It's the minute he steps out of the octagon, you never know what's going to happen.

At Barcelona, it wasn't about winning all the time; it was first about how to win.

I think that the best player in the world should be quiet, humble, and friendly. Lionel Messi is all of these things, while Cristiano often lacks some of these qualities.

If people only knew how much I respect Cristiano Ronaldo. I will repeat it to make myself clear: I respect Cristiano Ronaldo.

Before I went to Juventus, I made a final promise to the board at Barcelona. I said, 'You're going to miss me.' I didn't mean as a player. Barca have plenty of incredible players. What I meant was that they were going to miss my spirit.

My parents gave me a practical example of what life was about, and I won't forget that.

I left hurt because I think I fought hard to create a great history at Barcelona. I left with 23 titles in eight years.

Decisions are for the brave, and I am the bravest, deciding to leave Barcelona and Juventus.

When things begin to go negative, sometimes we just have to cover our ears and not let such circumstances influence us.

Leo Messi is a little football God. I love playing alongside him. We understand each other without needing to talk.

I have lived with a lot of racism in Spain. Unfortunately, I have had to learn to deal with it.

I like my decisions to be taken carefully, so they don't harm anyone close to me, so that the people close to me are happy.

When I signed for Barca, I knew their playing style was suited to my game.

All my fights with Cristiano were because of the press.

I like happiness, and when people try to destroy that, it winds me up.

Fans insult me and call me 'monkey.' At first, I was quite shocked, but now I do not give it importance.

For me, 'rich' isn't having lots of money; rich is having loads of things in your head.

For me, Thiago Silva remains the best defender in the world.

Guardiola improved me a lot as a footballer. He taught me a lot of things, and that's why, in every interview I'm asked, I always say the same thing: He is the best manager that I have worked with.

The most important thing in life is to know where you come from, and I know where I come from.

Messi has a divine gift.

Money's a necessary evil, there to give you moments. It gives me things I couldn't have - nice things - but happiness? That's a not a question of money and fame. Quite the opposite.

In life, you have to weigh everything up, even when they are just decisions about your career.

I know that if the people close to me are happy, I am happy, and I can do my job better.