Respect is the most important thing. Be respectful toward others and have respect for yourself.

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

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.

It’s like life. The more knowledge you get, the more questions you ask. The smarter you get, the more you realize that everything can be possible.

I am a public person and I have my private life. It's important for me that my private life stay private, that what I share with the people is my public personality.

My mentality is that when I go to sleep at night, I'm a better martial artist than when I woke up in the morning.

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.