I found that to build mental toughness, you need to inconvenience yourself. The early morning runs, if you hate early mornings. The late night runs, if you hate late nights. The snowy cold, the worst conditions you can get, put yourself in those and really make it inconvenient and you start to get a genuine expectation of winning for the price you have to pay.

I can't justify to myself working less, even if you get more out of it. Even though, in practice, it does seem it would be better for me personally.

If I was mentoring a young fighter, I'd tell him to spend more time on boxing. That doesn't mean I would ignore kickboxing - you still need to learn the defenses - but in stand-up, it's hard to beat good, solid boxing.

Send anyone you want, but don't send anyone you want back.

You've got to listen to your body, notice some trends in yourself and do the best you can to be ready when a finish line approaches.

A Black Belt under the Nogueira Brothers is like saying I got a free toy in my happy meal

When Anderson walks into a room, you can hear a rat pissing on cotton.