There's a Celtic saying, "Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose."
There's people that focus on the game and forget about the art. There's that specific special individual that can do both.
It is not the material which gives life form but the space between the material that gives life form.
Every day I wake up and I realize how lucky I am to be living this life.
I could really care less about the TV and the fame, it's all about that lifetime achievement of becoming a world champion.
With the skills that I have and with my commitment to getting better I don't see any reason I can't win every single fight I'm in.
It's impossible to measure the type of mental strength and determination that's required to be an elite wrestler.
No matter how much I respect someone or how much I like someone, it doesn't exceed my will to win.
Get up my friend. If you're still breathing, there's still time enough for greatness.
I'm looking forward, that's all, I'm not looking backwards.
The best part of being on the platform that we are is being able to influence and affect so many people.
Only thing going through my mind is stay loose and stay fast.
When can you enjoy something you'll continue to do it and you'll continue to have that want to grow.
The outcome is what you put in.
You have to have like a bit of amnesia both on the winning side and the losing side of this thing... On the losing side you need to be able to forget a loss to be able to move on and to be successful in your next fight. But on the winning side you need to be able to forget a win so you don't get stuck in this pattern of like, "I'm unstoppable". So there has to be a level of amnesia for a fighter.
I work hard and fight easy.
You want to be like a ticking bomb. As calm as possible before the fight, to save energy… But ready to explode the second you step into the cage.
I'm never satisfied, I always want to do better. That's how it is to be an elite athlete, you're never happy. When you start getting happy and you start feeling satisfied, you're done.
Temporary anger is no need to make permanent mistakes.
Everything that I do, I have to do at my best. No one is perfect, but you can come close.
I am in the Chicago Carpenters Union. They are huge supporters of mine and of MMA.
I try to stay calm and I try to enjoy myself as I perform these actions so I perform them with minimal stress on my body.
As a student of life I just want to be constantly progressing mentally, physically, and spiritually.
Nothing really frustrates me to the point of hatred. It's not the worth the energy.
It hurts when it don't last, no easy way saying bye. So I'mma spread my wings and head for the sky.
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