Playing professional sports, it's important to eat healthy and take care of your body. In the offseason, rest is really important to me.

The Coca-Cola Mean Joe Greene ad is one of the most famous commercials of all time, so I was blown away when they asked me to be in this new spot.

It's the perfect environment for prayer. Chanting in Greek is like a beautiful opera, but way better.

Fighters are raised into MMA. It's more about what's internal, not what's God given. When you have a great fighter like Rickson Gracie or Fedor Emelianenko-they're greater than the others because they have an internal spiritual being that separates them from the rest in their craft. They have the warrior spirit.

My wife is Greek. I was a non-denomination Christian before we got married.

There are very few sports where you can find that tranquility. Some people find that in golf, but when you're in the water it's such a difference from the golf course or the basketball court. That's what makes surfing unique over any other sport.

I always try to sacrifice my body for the team.