I am vulnerable; that's why I fight.

The way that I like to fight is I like to paint myself into a corner and so the only way is for me to win.

I try not to get caught up on how cool I am. That way nothing ever gets done. I'm always thinking about what I haven't done.

When you shoot nude, you always find a way to, like, cover yourself up in a way. So you really don't feel like you're truly naked because you're still covering yourself.

Most people focus on the wrong thing; They focus on the result, not the process. The process is the sacrifice; it's all the hard parts - the sweat, the pain, the tears, the losses. You make the sacrifices anyway. You learn to enjoy them, or at least embrace them. In the end, it is the sacrifices that must fulfill you.

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

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.