People have mistaken my break, I took a break from competition, it was because of mental problems, and because I was not agreeing with Performance Enhancing Drugs. I put the things on pause for a while, but I didn't retire.

People don't understand, yeah I'm alright as a wrestler, but I beat people in the takedown because of my distance control - because of my Karate. This is something I learned since I'm 7 years old.

For me there is no reason why to go up in weight class, because when you go up in weight class you have to fight bigger guys - then you have to train against bigger guys. The guys are not better, they're heavier, but it means you have more chance to get hurt.

Respect your opponent, just make them respect you more.

You think I was born rich? I've worked really hard. You have no idea.

The danger is not to set your goal too high and fail to reach it. It’s to set your goal too low and reach it

It's not about how you are when things go well, what defines you is how you are when you fail from an obstacle.