I hate to lose but having the belt doesn't define who I am. It's how I live my life and what I put into things is what defines me.

A lot of fights in my life have been avoided through confidence and demeanor, so that's pretty masculine also.

I just happen to love fighting and happen to be great at it. And I let my lifestyle carry over into my chosen profession.

I want to be a multi-time champion. I want to be a multiple division champion. I still have a lot of goals; it is a matter of staying the course, being consistent and persistent, and making it happens.

Living the dream is simply a form of living out your passion, of making that passion gradually, through persistence and effort, a central part of your life.

When I started wrestling in the eighth grade, I just fell in love with it, and started shifting my focus more to that. I considered playing in college, but it made more sense for me to wrestle, because I weigh about a buck fifty.

I think one of my biggest strengths overall is staying in the moment.