“I throw so hard because I sit and wait for that perfect moment.”

That’s what really gets me going, thinking about my past. I think about all the tough times and bad times I’ve had in my life and I bring all that into the Octagon. That’s only because it’s hard going in there trying to fight someone who didn’t do anything to you.

I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.

I set some goals for myself. I really want to run through this whole heavyweight division.

I really don’t punch with my left hand anyways.

The only reason I want to climb up the rankings – beating the champion and beating guys in the top five – those are the guys that get the endorsements and get the most money and get paid the most. That’s the only reason why.

I’m serious, I don’t stay in the gym each day like my opponents.

You’ve really got to stay ready 24/7. You really can’t get ready because there’s no telling. They’ll call you short notice to fight anyone so you really have to stay ready.

If I’m the champion, the whole UFC division should be ashamed of themselves for a guy that had no damn skills being the champion. They should all just go relocate somewhere.

I tell people all the time that it would be good if they forget about me next week, that they don’t even mention my name anymore.

You’ve got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.

I just really want to put the past behind me, because it makes me angry thinking about it. But it’s also the reason I’ve made it this far in my career. It’s like, built up in me. It’s what I think about when I fight. My childhood.

You have 20 fights, you should know what it takes to get yourself ready. If you don’t feel like you’re ready, you let your coach know ‘hey we need to work on a little bit more of this.’

I believe I get the belt then I’ll get the money. I’m not trying to be the best fighter in the world. It’s all about the cheddar.

My goal is just to make as much money as I can in the sport, and that’s it.

The guys in the top five, they’re good everywhere. Me, I’m just almost one-dimensional.

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.

This does not have to be a hard life to love. There is not enough time to let it stray too far from my hands.

If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work – because if they don’t, they won’t be around the next time the ballot box is open.

The monarchy that I hand over to my son is not going to be the same one that I have inherited. … There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king.

I think people often misunderstand that I work as hard and want things just as badly as anybody else.

If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work — because if they don’t, they won’t be around the next time the ballot box is open.

No one told me how hard it was going to be to find myself.

Tis easy to write epigrams nicely, but to write a book is hard.

He smiled, and just like that, I fell in love – hard and fast.