I get really aggravated if I don't train, if I don't let that testosterone out.

Kelvin Gastelum, there's many ways I can classify his style. I like it. He's improved. One thing I can say is that he's improved over his run in the UFC from 'The Ultimate Fighter' and now being a contender. But his style? It's very Mexican. You have the Mexican style of boxing, and he has a Mexican style of MMA, like smart Mexican style.

I make moves on my terms.

I am not going to be one of these guys who doesn't defend his belt. I am going to defend my belt actively.

Aang is an Airbender, and he became the Avatar after the last one died. He has to realize his destiny as the Avatar by mastering all of the elements - earth, fire and air. For me, I feel like I'm mastering all the different styles or elements of MMA. It's my destiny to become the Avatar of this game.

I just want to fight the best.

The amount of work we have to do to get to that Octagon, we should be getting paid what we're worth.

I've already made my own mistakes in this game, even in the UFC. I'm just smart about how I make mistakes.

Kids will tell me 'oh I want to be like you when I grow up,' you know. I just thought 'nah, don't be like me, be like you,' because first of all they don't really know me but second of all I understand what they're trying to say but I just let them know - be like you.

I know what I bring to the table, I know my work. That's why I'm able to push for what I want.

Even when I was fighting in China I met some guys on the local circuit that we're fighting, they didn't enjoy it, they wanted to be musicians and do other things, but they're just fighting because it pays the bills and they get money for it.

I just have to do what I have to do. I have to defend my belt.

I've fought injured so many times for so many years.

They don't really teach you how to be famous and a lot of people don't realise that this game comes with a lot of traps. So I'm just looking after myself, looking after my health and making sure I don't fall into those traps.

I've done it in kickboxing, I've done it in boxing. After you clean out a division, you move up in weight.

Put it this way, people in my position in the UFC, their coaches couldn't tell them to sweep the mats because some people feel like they're better than that. I'm not one of those people. No matter how I am on camera, people who really know me, who know my soul, know I keep that same energy. So ain't nothing change but the change.

I'm a guy that, if I see people running away from something I'm like, 'Why you running away? What's over there?'

Staying in the moment is something I'll never achieve unless I'm hanging out with the right people and just being in the gym as well.

My least favorite thing or my pet peeve would be people who literally ignore the other people you're with, or the situation, and they just dive right in and cut off the conversation.

Look at all the champs over time once they get the belt - they just fall off. I'm not one of those guys. The belt isn't my ultimate prize, it just looks good with all my other gold, chains, and diamonds.

If I ever feel like I need to see someone to help me adjust to whatever life situation I'm seeing, I'll go. You're sick. When you're physically ill, you go to the doctor. It's the same thing about your mental. If you feel you're starting to get sick, you go see someone who can help you.

I've said this before, I would fight my grandmother if I had to. And she's dead.

Fighting is worldwide. Fighting is fighting, everyone understands what it is.

I was an oddball in kickboxing because of my style. I'm different. I'm fleet-footed and I understand how to move and work the system.

Conor changed the game and he paved the way. He did those big numbers and I'm one of the guys who is going to carry that forward.

In 2013, I went through a really great depression.

I've learned how to be famous and a lot of people don't prepare for it and it's something that can change life for the better or for the worst.

I know there are kids who are looking up at me because of what I've done, and see my success and think, 'If that guy can do it, so can I,' then I love that and that's great.

I do what I do for a job. This is fighting. This is a bloody sport. It's not a nice sport.

If people want to take the chance to watch, to see what I bring and try to use it to better themselves, yeah, OK. But I'm not one of these guys who's going to try to be a role model and be an angel because I want to get a Nike sponsorship.

Your parents and people close to you, whenever you want to do something or you want to follow a dream, they'll try and stop you. It's not out of their hating, it's just protection. They want to try and preserve you. Like 'oh what If he fails?' From the culture we're from, they want to protect you.

I'm fortunate enough that my dad was well-off, my family was well-off, so we're able to go to private schools and stuff like that.

I had to work to where I'm at. I was not an athlete in school.

I have to plot my path to greatness.

Aang hits the Avatar-state and he has this unlimited power. He enters into a flow state, you know, he's in the zone. That's how it feels for me sometimes when I'm fighting.

I know who I am.

Kiwis, we love a good one out. We love a good fight. This is part of the culture. Straight up. We're a country of a warrior race, the Maori.

I'm not an actor. I'm a fighter.

I'm not stupid. After you just punch me, I'm not gonna be like, 'Alright, let me do that again.'

I've had malaria damn near eight times.

I'm not going to say I'm perfect. I never have.

I can't force a guy to fight.

I'm smart about the way I move. I'm smart about the way I conduct myself outside the Octagon, like who I associate myself with.

I'd rather be very well prepared before I move to heavyweight or light heavyweight. That's according to my own schedule - no one else's.

On the feet, on the ground, I have all the bases covered.

I want to fight the guys that are ranked above me, even though I don't care about rankings because they're just opinions anyway. Even if a guy is below me and wants to fight, I'll take the fight if it makes sense.

A lot of people say they don't care about the belt, but that's not true. For me, when I say it, I really mean that.

I feel like MMA athletes are the best athletes in the world.

The wrestling begins before you even engage in the clinch, I've said this already. This is one thing people don't know, wrestling begins on the feet with the stand up.

I wear gold all of the time. I collect gold like a magpie.