I always look for bigger and better things, and if the UFC wants to bring in some top contenders, I'm more than welcome to welcome them in our hexagon.
— Luke Rockhold
An interim title is just a guarantee at a title shot. If I'm going to fight the best guys in the world, I want a guarantee that I'm going to fight for the title.
There's nobody that has the skillset that I have.
I've had to take out a couple of loans; I'm not gonna lie. I want to pay off my debts. I want to start stacking some cash and set myself up for the future.
I want my rematch with Vitor Belfort, and I'd like it here in the States. And I'll go through anyone I need to get it, especially Michael Bisping.
I don't pull out of fights. I fight through injuries. I don't care what the circumstances are.
I'm a betting man. I like to gamble everywhere, everything I do.
I dictate the pace of my fights and no one else.
I used to get beat up by my brothers, and that kind of built me into the man I am.
I want to be great, not good.
Being patient has made me a more precise fighter.
It can always be better, and you only live once, and I want to live the dream and some more.
I'm not going to go fight the best guys in the world without getting championship fights or championship money; it makes no sense.
I've got a lot of natural talent, and I'm not wasting it.
If there's a skateboard in front of me, I can't help myself. I like to jump on.
I have the will to win. I'll put my will up against anybody's any day.
It's nice to hit and not be hit back.
I've come back from all my losses and won world titles every time.
Cain has proven himself as the best heavyweight of all time, and it would be hard to strip him.
I want to fight all the toughest guys in the world. I'm not trying to duck anybody or scared of anybody. I want to fight everybody.
I cut out the partying a lot. I haven't had any money to party. All I've been able to do is train and work on what I need.
As long as I don't rush things, I'm a lot better fighter.
I don't think I really have the respect that I think I deserve.
Bisping, he's a piece of work. The guy likes to run his mouth. I look forward to shutting it.
I'm not knocking the other sports; I love other sports. There's a competitive and a technical level of them that I won't understand, probably, to a certain extent, but I've done a lot of other sports competing on college teams, and there's just nothing like fighting.
I've always been a powerful kid.
Floyd Mayweather, he's a safe fighter. He is who he is. He's not going to take any risks.
We've seen the true colours of Bisping; they come out after he fights. He likes to spit on people after fights.
My goal is to keep going out there and defending my belt and stacking up pay cheques to set myself up for the future.
There's no point in fighting guys when there's no structure, there's no rhyme or reason to who gets the title shot.
I just don't see how it is possible to be a vegetarian or vegan when you break your body down so much. You have to recover. You need those proteins and proper amino acids, like leucine, which only really comes from animal fats.
You have to be patient, efficient with your moves, and attuned to what's happening with your body physically. The key is not to rush or panic. You wait and wait and wait - and then strike.
I was never the bully: I was always the one trying to clean up the situation.
I'm going to show I'm the best fighter in the world.
I know how good I am, and I know where I can go if I'm in the right mindset and respecting my opponent.
There's nobody, pound-for-pound, that has what I have.
The people around me is the only reason why I survive: Bob Cook and DeWayne Zinkin.
I'm very confident on my feet.
I've got a lot of power in my kicks.
I know who I am, and I know what my future holds.
I'm going to shut Chris Weidman down in the first round. I'm gonna expose him in the second round. And I'm gonna finish him with a left kick followed by a left punch, simultaneously.
Naturally, when you're a younger brother with two older brothers, I mean, they're going to beat on you, and they're going to make you... you're going to grow up differently. You're going to turn into a little animal.
I love the liver kick.
Bisping will fight to the bitter end but does not love the fighting.
The more I stack, the more things I can buy: the more toys, the more houses, and everything. That's the motivation, but I'm also a competitive person. I need goals, and I need that competition and to drive for something.
Jacare is a gangster. He's been in the game for a long time.
I love fighting. I want to fight, but there are principles in this game. You've got to have morals. I'm not just going to fight fights to fight to get nowhere.
My dad was a professional basketball player, and my mom was a hell of a tennis player.
Anytime you spar at a new dojo, whether it's in Japan, Brazil, or Thailand, the fighters come after the new guy. It's a way to test yourself against the best and to sharpen your technical skills and push yourself to be the best you can be.
I've met so many real heroes, people whose service has given me the life I'm lucky to live on U.S. soil.
