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

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.

Never piss off a gangster.

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

Even if I thought I could get a submission I'm not laying underneath a grown man with my legs spread on worldwide TV. Some guys subscribe to that theory but I am a Republican and we don't do that.

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.

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.