“I wanted to start in boxing, but you have to train a little harder to be a boxer. A lot of those guys can take punches. MMA, you only have to hit someone so hard to knock them out.”

It’s like I say all the time, it’s the heavyweight division. It doesn’t matter if the guys a black belt or if he’s a world-class boxer. We still have a 50-50 chance.

I’ve been in that situation three or four times before where I’m losing the fight – the fight seems almost over with – and I knew I had to finish him and stop playing possum as much.

I know Cormier is a wrestler so you really got to get them hips down on him so I’ve been working them hips really good.

Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.

That’s usually the way I am – I don’t care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.

I’m not scared to fight anyone, I’ll call anyone out.

For sure, I would love to fight in Houston.

I’m an optimistic guy.

That would be great if I could be a role model or inspiration to those who have been in my shoes before.

It would be cool to let people know that it doesn’t matter what kind of background you have in your past, that you can still make something out of your life.

I don’t care if I am ever remembered in this sport for anything.

I go in to fight just to fight. I don’t care about submissions, the technique and all of that.

The sport itself is dangerous. Anything can happen.

I don’t fight just because I love it just that much. I’m fighting because it’s a job for me.

I hate being in boring fights. It frustrates me.

I go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.

My concern is what fight we can give to the fans. My first concern as a boxer is to try hard and give a good fight for the fans.

The game’s been good to me and I hope I’ve been good to the game. I’m 50 years old and I’ve pretty much did everything that I wanted to do in boxing.

Boxing’s a sport that gives you licence to act like an idiot, I think.

There’s ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy.

Boxing is a contest of character and ingenuity. The boxer with more will, determination, desire, and intelligence is always the one who comes out the victor.

Boxing is not for killing each other.

There’s more to boxing than hitting. There’s not getting hit, for instance.

When I was a boxer, I wanted to be champion of the world, not the richest man in the world.