I just really want to put the past behind me, because it makes me angry thinking about it. But it's also the reason I've made it this far in my career. It's like, built up in me. It's what I think about when I fight. My childhood.

I really don't punch with my left hand anyways.

Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that's fine.

I really don't like watching women fights.

I know I'm the least technical guy in the sport. Most of the champions or guys at the top are real martial artists.

I've been in that situation three or four times before where I'm losing the fight - the fight seems almost over with - and I knew I had to finish him and stop playing possum as much.

I know I only need one punch to knock any guy out.

I've been in that situation many times before - where I'm losing and I have to knock a guy out.

I have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.

My heart outweighs all the talent. If they've got more talent, I believe that my heart will still overcome that. You've got to have heart to step inside the octagon anyway.

I wanted to start in boxing, but you have to train a little harder to be a boxer. A lot of those guys can take punches. MMA, you only have to hit someone so hard to knock them out.

I believe I get the belt then I'll get the money. I'm not trying to be the best fighter in the world. It's all about the cheddar.

I just feel that all the top fighters in the world are making all the money.

You have 20 fights, you should know what it takes to get yourself ready. If you don't feel like you're ready, you let your coach know 'hey we need to work on a little bit more of this.'

I hate being in boring fights. It frustrates me.

I just like being in fun fights.

This heavyweight division, it takes just one punch for anyone. It doesn't matter how hard you train or what.

I tell people all the time that it would be good if they forget about me next week, that they don't even mention my name anymore.

I go in to fight just to fight. I don't care about submissions, the technique and all of that.

A lot of people said I would never make it, and this and that, I'd never be a top 10 fighter, that I'd never fight for a title. Just stuff like that. Achieving all those goals and being the person that I am, this is going against everything everyone said I couldn't do.

I'm not scared to fight anyone, I'll call anyone out.

You eat salad and you're hungry the next 30 minutes and you're hungrier from when you ate the damn salad.

I go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.

I'm serious, I don't stay in the gym each day like my opponents.