You never know yourself until the chips are down. True strength is not measured when your at your strongest, but when you’re at your weakest.

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.

A lot of people are lazy when it comes to making up their own mind about something, you know? If you're labelled one way then they think thats how you are. It takes too much time to really look into things.

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.

Life is a celebration… I try to enjoy it as much as possible.

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.

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