You have to have fear in order to have courage.

As an athlete you're taught to be selfish. When I'm training, it's usually all about me.

I've never had anything cold and wet touching my butthole before. That was quite the experience!

I get asked that a lot and I always go back to my mom's, 'No one has the right to beat you.' I take that to every venue that I'm in. She would say, 'Someone has to be the best in the world, why not you?' I always try to keep that in mind.

In MMA it’s a lot less intimidating because it’s not like you get one shot at a title every four years. You get a title shot every couple of months ... With the Olympics, you don’t always have this, so there is so much more pressure involved.

I really think that 'Sports Illustrated' is a big step in the "healthy is the new skinny" movement.

There have always been people who have written me off. They're not going away. I use that to motivate me. I'm driven to show them just how wrong they are.