I thought that I was mutant somehow. I eventually realized that I have a very natural look, and that's what God gave me, and I'm proud of it. It was kind of a way for me to get past that as well.

I train to be the best in the world on my worst day

There was a long time I had no job security, no options and no education.

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.

Sports Illustrated is very serious about their covers. They'll never say, like, 'Oh you got it.'

If I could have had everything exactly the way I wanted, this is how I would have written it down. Win all my fights in the first round, then go to the UFC and headline a show, and have it as a pay-per-view and at home. People's dreams don't come true like that.

Reality TV is set up to make people entertaining. A good person with values and principles is not good television.