I know I have only myself to blame for all the problems I've had in my life.

At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.

You need to learn independence. You have to be independent - it builds character.

I was an emotional manipulator of fighters . . . You have to know how to be cold, you know? Just have no -emotions, no feelings. It takes time, though, to develop that. I'd been working on that since I was 12 years old. It doesn't happen overnight.

I could never stop drugs, I could never stop drinking, until I received my spiritual awakening.

I just want to do what I do best, and that's fight. I love it.

You can't be everybody's friend, you can't save the world, I learned this word: self-preservation. Once you do that, you can be friends with people, but how would you be a friend to anybody if you're not a friend to yourself.