“I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.”

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.

I love the fact I grew up wanting a brother and now I have four.

You know this baseball game of ours comes up from the youth – that means the boys. And after you’ve been a boy, and grow up to know how to play ball, then you come to the boys you see representing themselves today in our national pastime.

I always wanted to be a rock star. That was my childhood dream. That’s what I told everybody I was going to be when I grew up.

We don’t like to kill our unborn; we need them to grow up and fight our wars.

There’s girls that grew up like me and even worse, and they need to know that there is someone out there that can give them hope with my music. It’s about inspiring people and helping people.

I remember growing up, saying you’re an artist it sounds pretentious but now it’s one of the only dignified things that you can call yourself.

You grow up in a small community, there’s no outlet like New York or L.A.

I was born in Houston, Texas. I grew up in Houston, by Missouri City. It’s, like, a suburb in the area; it’s middle-class. But I used to stay with my grandma in the hood from ages one to six.