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

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

Usually, a well thought answer makes an aggressor think twice.

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.

For the choke, there are no 'tough guys'