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

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

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

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 like a philosophy. It helps me learn how to face life.

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

Jiu-jitsu is personal efficiency to protect the weaker, which anyone can do. It is the force of leverage against brute force.