I'm a fan of everybody, I respect everyone.

Anybody they ever offer me in fighting, I'll probably never be surprised, unless it's the guy's first fight in the UFC.

As life goes on, life just gets harder.

The lion doesn't care that the sheep laugh at him. Remember that. The lion just stays there. The animals make noise and tease. The guy with the belt is the lion.

I want everyone to know that I always gave it the best shot I had, whether it went that way my night.

Fighting is my whole life, the UFC is my whole life.

I'm not just a guy that will walk in the ring and somebody's going to walk across and crush me.

If you decide you're going to be a fighter, you shouldn't have a problem fighting anyone.

I guess being a competitor, you always have that itch. But what it is is... it's tough.

The training camps are tough, going through that.

I do get pumped up about it when I go different places and people are like 'come on! You gotta fight again! You gotta fight again!' But it's a lot of work.

Maybe the word they should use instead of Motivated Penn is Prepared Penn.

I love my life. But I love fighting more.

I got a wonderful life back in Hawaii.

I don't want to be a shell of my former self.

I want to go get that 145-pound belt. That's definitely a huge motivation for me. I believe with Greg Jackson's help, I can get that done.

I'm a purist, and I'm more a fighter than an athlete.

I never even thought I would be in the UFC.

I don't want to be the guy who said 'I could have did this, and I could have did that.' I want to be the guy to know if I could have or I couldn't do it.

Jiu-jitsu is created where the small man can beat the big man.

Some guys are athletes and some guys are fighters. But, whether I look down on that or not, they're just out there trying to do the best job they can to put food on the table, so I can't be too hard on them.

I've always thought that being in the UFC is what the name suggests: Ultimate Fighting Championship. As time went on, people started learning to use the rules that suit them.

Jiu jitsu is a great art for self-defense. But jiu jitsu alone won't get you to a world championship in the UFC or even a winning record sometimes.

That's the mark of a man, just keeping your head up, right? Not taking the easy way out.