Most of the time, I'm fighting guys who are 22 years old, former college wrestlers, athletes, kids who are in much better shape than me. Often people who are much bigger and wider than me. It can be dispiriting at first.

If I were trapped in one city and had to eat one nation's cuisine for the rest of my life, I would not mind eating Japanese. I adore Japanese food. I love it.

I wish I could play bass like Larry Graham or Bootsy Collins. My God, I'd give up just about everything else for that.

As a chef I’m not your dietitian or your ethicist, I’m in the pleasure business.

My tastes in what I eat at home would be very familiar to most people who cook for families. I just organize those things a little bit differently.

If I'm training I'm cutting weight for a competition. I'm hard. I'm pretty much eating animal protein and that's it. No rice, no beans, certainly no sweets.

I would like to see people more aware of where their food comes from. I would like to see small farmers empowered. I feed my daughter almost exclusively organic food.