I created a flag from the sport's dignity. I oversee the name of my family with affection, steady nerves and blood.

Always assume that your opponent is going to be bigger, stronger and faster than you; so that you learn to rely on technique, timing and leverage rather than brute strength

For the choke, there are no "tough guys". With an arm lock he can be tough and resist the pain. With the choke he just passes out, goes to sleep.

I don't defeat my opponents, they defeat themselves.

Jiu-Jitsu is like a philosophy. It helps me learn how to face life.

If you count all fights like everybody else does, including Rickson, who says he has 400 fights; if you count like that, I have a million.

You should never have a power, in any area, with the purpose of harming someone.