Progress not perfection.
MMA for me was a stepping stone in my life as a man to grow. . . The stress and the fears and anxiety you've got to overcome in that moment is not something you're ever going to gain in a daily lifetime routine.
Your body can dictate your mind. . . As I'm walking to the Octagon and I act with confidence, my body take over my mind, and I become confident for real.
It's like holding a hot coal in your hand, it just burns you, it doesn't do me any good.
Humility is the first rule of martial arts. Either you learn humility quickly, or you leave because your ego can't handle losing repeatedly.
Whenever I do something I give it 100%.
I've done some things that I shouldn't have done but I know I'm not a bad person, and I know that I can become a better person. . . Only thing I can do is work at it.
Know the difference between a catastrophe and an inconvenience.
Integrity eclipses image.
There's nothing you can take for granted; not a single day, not a single minute, not a single relationship.
In order to keep up with the rapid evolution of the sport, you've got to keep an open mind.
Do not be tense, just be ready, not thinking but not dreaming, not being set but being flexible.
The lights in side the cage will tell everything you did or did not do in your camp!
I dreamed that I was being raped by Freddy Mercury.
I do the extra. . . When you do the extra you should never doubt yourself. . . every fight I have a smile on my face because I know I've done it all.
Don't limit yourself and don't let anyone put a limit on your potential.
I really feel like a walking testimony of like if you set your mind to things, how things can come true for you. I feel like I'm like, like the law of attraction. I feel like I'm living that life wholeheartedly. Everything that I've looked for out of life, it's come to be so far. . . I'm working hard, I'm not getting lucky, I'm earning things. . . I feel like a living testament to how you can just put your mind to anything and make it happen.
My philosophy on getting knocked out is that it renders you unconscious and numb, so why worry about it.
You live once. . . Why not live to be great?
You can't enter a contest emotionally charged. It clouds your judgment, it clouds your reaction.