Jiu Jitsu is a mousetrap. The trap does not chase the mouse. But when the mouse grabs the cheese, the trap plays its role.

A real jiu-jitsu fighter does not go around beating people down. Our defense is made to neutralize aggression.

I knew I wasn't going to lose and that was based on the fact that I wanted not to lose.

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.

Jiu Jitsu is a mousetrap. The trap does not chase the mouse. But when the mouse grabs the cheese, the trap plays its role.

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

For the choke, there are no 'tough guys'