Some people win 10, 15, and don't fight for the belt.

Of course, people will be partial, but I put myself among the best in history.

Portuguese is the language of my heart; it's the language of my feelings. It's the language that I feel I can express myself best in.

My objective since I started my career was: become the champion, remain the champion, retire the champion.

I think Americans are really patriotic people, so patriotism is something they can understand. I'm very patriotic about Brazil, my country, and that includes my language.

If I say one thing to the UFC, I say it in an interview. I don't have conflicting stories.

The athlete is not treated like he deserves. We deserve better. I'm not speaking only about the UFC, but about the media as well. The fans treat us really well.

Some fighters have a great punch; others don't.

I wanted to train jiu-jitsu instead of capoeira because the mat was soft. It was better than training capoeira on the hard floor. I started reading jiu-jitsu magazines, reading about the world champions, and becoming one of them became my goal.

When I started, athletes fought for honor, respect, philosophy.

We have to talk a little trash to sell fights, talk more, because we know we will profit more from that. It's important.

I love sports - I am a die-hard fan of soccer, and I am always at Maracana Stadium in Rio watching Flamengo play. I am also a big fan of basketball; I stay up at night to watch Lebron James play whenever I can.

When I'm inside the cage, nobody will take anything away from me.

Everybody fights for money, of course, but I wanted to leave a legacy when I retired, get my name in the history. I don't think like that anymore. When I lost the belt, I saw how reality is. Champion means nothing.

I was always the champion and will always be as long as I'm in the featherweight division.

Everybody knows if you have the rules, you need to follow the rules and do exactly what you need to do.

Each person has a way to promote their fight. Each person has a way to try to create opportunity in their career.

Yes, I think about having a career in boxing, but I want to start from the bottom, start from zero. I want to get ranked and one day fight for a belt. I don't want to fight just to fight, for money, to go after big fights and challenge a great champion.

I like to watch women's MMA more than men fighting because they always do their best and fight hard.

Not just me but everybody in the WEC was dreaming of fighting in the UFC and become a champ. Thank God I went there and became a champion. I root for the WEC guys. I do.

Thank God the UFC and MMA gave me a lot of stuff.

The training is intense here at Nova Uniao.

I train every day to destroy whoever they put in front of me.

Something I always liked to train is kickboxing.