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

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

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.

I've never thought about the end of my career. I've had this growing motto in my life to live day to day - and when you live day to day, it's hard to talk years.

I take pride in my life-my wife, my family. I try my best not to have football define the person that I am.

I knew that I had it tough compared to children around me. But I felt like I needed it. I think I had the wisdom as a child to know that it would help me later on.

When I let my hair down, I just let it down. It's more comfortable in my helmet.