We wanna believe that we're different than the average guy that's working 9-to-5, that our thoughts are different than his. Our inspirations and desires are different than his, that's why we succeed and he didn't cos we wanna believe we're different, but he just didn't get the break that we had...or he wasted it on something else.

As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.

Emotion is more than just anger. When I am performing, I need emotion, but I need control, too. Emotion drives the best performance and is necessary, but it must be controlled. I believe Fedor [Emelianenko] does that. I do too. We may look different in how we do it, but we both do it.

I don't want to be remembered. As long as my kids remember me, I'd rather be forgotten by everybody else.

He was screaming like my wife.

I ain't the same person I was when I bit that guy's ear off.

There are nine million people who see me in the ring and hate my guts. Most of them are white. That's okay. Just spell my name right.