To do anything to a high level it has to be total obsession.

There are people who have great skills, who do great things, but don't embody the whole animal that is the fight game like I do.

I worked my ass off to earn what I have. You have to understand, not many people where I come from get to experience this kind of life.

Doubt is only removed by action. If you're not working then that's where doubt comes in.

Victorious. I feel that is why I did all the training, why I make the sacrifices, that is why I got into the shape I am in. I feel I have won, that's millions more coming my way, I feel great.

I don't believe in talent. Talent doesn't exist.

It is the most powerful submission in the sport. It is a beautiful thing. You're holding them into you, their back is on you, and you are basically choking them gradually like a boa constrictor and once you've got them, the pressure goes on and they have to submit or they are going to stop breathing. It happened to me early in my career, and I panicked, and gave in, I tapped out too early. I learned a lot from that. I learned from it, learned how to do the move better, learned how to avoid it being done to me.