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.

When I was young they used to call me 'The Foreman,' not because I was in charge but because I did the work of four men.

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.

When you’re the best fighter in the world today, they don’t call you a great fighter. They call you Chael Sonnen.

You tell Anderson Silva that I'm coming over and I'm kicking down his backdoor and patting his little lady on the ass and I'm telling her to make me a steak, medium-rare just how I like it.

I hate downtime. I hate it so much. I like to relax like anybody else, but I hate not doing anything. In my life I'm either going full speed or I'm at a stop.

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