If I go as hard as I can in practice, make sure it's a lot harder than than a fight, then the fight's going to be easy.

I don't fight to prove that I'm tough, I know I'm tough. I fight because it's inside of me.

As an athlete you have to be coachable. And being coachable is a humbling thing.

If I go as hard as I can in practice, make sure it's a lot harder than than a fight, then the fight's going to be easy.

I am a student of whoever I can learn from. I don't see myself in position like I'm above anybody else and I can never learn, or no one can ever teach me anything. You learn a lot from guys who are just starting off sometimes.

All the trials and tribulations have paid off. In life, you have setbacks...When you're in your valley, that's when you're tested the most -not when you're at your peak.

I'm a UFC fighter, a macho-type sport. I am a heterosexual guy in a tough macho sport, which is exactly the reason I feel a duty to say I support gay marriage and gay rights. I have nothing to gain personally from supporting this issue, and that's the point. Society as a whole is better when there is equality, and I want to live in a country where everyone has the same rights because we all benefit from that.