A male athlete's peak, I believe, should be somewhere between 26 and 30.

It's like, hey, I've done what I could do, I've accomplished a lot, and now this - especially with wrestling - if this next generation wants to pass me up, great job. Good for them.

Young guys kind of have this chip on their shoulder of, 'I want to prove something,' right? 'I've got to prove how tough I am. I've got to prove how good I am.' And man, now as I'm getting older, I think it's almost sad when guys my age and older still have that chip on their shoulder.

When I say something, I generally stick to it, no matter what it is in life.

So I think there's a lot of people who are really interested to see how good I really am, because they know I'm good, but they're not really sure how good. They want to see that, and there's definitely interest in that, but because of some other people's shortsightedness, maybe it never really happens.

I think people realize that I'm one of the best welterweights, whether I'm number one or number four or number five or number six.

In wrestling, if you want to be the best wrestler, you show up at the U.S. Nationals. If you win that, you go to World Team Trials. You make the World Team, you go to the World Championships, and we all know who the best is at the end of the year.

I try to wrestle one time a week with good, solid people.

My view on wrestling in MMA is changed a lot since I started really doing it.

Wrestling is a worldwide sport. It's totally international.

Squash - definitely a rich's person sport, and it's only played in a handful of countries.

I've been around the block. I travel a lot to gyms.

If your coach ain't got your back, who's got your back?

I got in MMA for one reason: to see if I could be the best in the world.

I don't care about having a fancy car. I don't have a lot of the wants and needs that a lot of people have where I would need to make a $1 million a fight.

I don't care if you're an Asian fan or an American fan: I'm happy to perform.

One of the big things is I try not to worry about things I can't control.

Some people, they don't get a few takedowns, they start getting nervous, and they fade. That's just not in my character.

I'm more of a purist competitor, and I enjoy the fighting aspect of it, but people enjoy my personality, and they enjoy that I tell the truth.

I speak plainly, I don't beat around the bush, and I'm just genuine.

I don't think the number of followers has anything to do with how good I am fighting. That said, I am good at fighting, and I do have a lot of followers.

I don't hold grudges.

I don't hold grudges.

It's just funny because I think a long time back I was not a fan favorite at all, and now people have followed my journey, have seen the struggle and the perseverance I've had, and they can relate to that.