When I got picked up by the Tapout crew and was featured on their reality show, that really jumpstarted my career.

My time with the WEC was great for me; it was great to be able to get big-show experience, headline fight-cards, and fight for world titles.

Fighting in the UFC means that I'm at the top of the sport, and it means that I'm able to pursue my goal of being a champion in the UFC.

For me, fighting is just so fun; I love it. It's just what I enjoy doing, and for me to go out there and go wake boarding and go rock climbing and then turn around and go fight, how awesome is that?

I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to be the best, but I would just fight anyone, any time. I don't care.

I don't care where I fight on the card, but to get people motivated or excited, like, 'Cowboy's fighting!' that's my overall goal.

Everyone at home sitting on their couches, they think it's so easy to fight. Stepping inside that cage is probably the hardest thing in the world to do. I truly believe that.

I tend to worry about now, now, and I'll worry about then, then.

For a while, I drank the juice - I did things the way everybody else said to. I listened to their advice. But it didn't work.

It's kind of stupid that people think I'm just partying all the time.

I'll go to 185 pounds; who cares? Just give me fights.

Aw man, I spend it pretty much as fast as I make it. If I want something, I don't wait around and plan or nothing. I just go out and get it.

I own everything. I own my RV, my house, my trucks, my boat. Everything is paid for.

The UFC has been very good to me, man.

As soon as I get it, I spend it. I need to start saving it.

It's hard to have money in the bank and want something and then not get it.

I wish I had millions in the bank; I'd never go broke. Let's get that belt and get millions in the bank.

I've got to control my emotions. When I fight out of emotions, it doesn't end up so well.

Standing there and throwing, that's what everyone likes to see.

I train every day and do what I love.

I remember being a kid and saying, 'One day, I'm going to have a ranch. One day, one day, one day.' And now, I'm fighting in the UFC. I'm here making the money, and that one day is here. I can finally go get those things that I want.

MMA makes you sore and tired every day. I wonder what we're going to be like when we're 50 or 60. I wake up some mornings and just say, 'Oh, God.' And then I go scuba diving.

I would fight every month. Think about the finances I would have. That would be financial freedom.

I could definitely make 145. But if 'Cowboy' is going to 145, I'm going after somebody who matters.

This sport gives you the highest highs and the lowest lows.

When they raise your hand, Oh my God, the feeling is unbelievable.

I feel so much better at 170, man.

Dos Anjos, his wrestling and grappling is supposed to be good, but I feel my Jiu Jitsu, wrestling and striking is way better. I'm better than him all across the board.

Even when I was a little punk kid, I would fight anybody - it didn't matter. That's who I've been my whole life.

That's my style of fighting. I am throwing down, you know? Having fun. And that's my approach to life.

Whether I'm in the main event or on the preliminary card, the same Cowboy is going to be out there.

I see the business side of it and moving up the ladder towards the title. That's where the money's at. That's the overall goal.

Bring the fights on. If I'm going to be the champ, I gotta beat everyone anyway, so what does sitting and waiting and holding my position do?

Colorado's home for me.

I've been all over the world. I've been to Japan, Africa, Morocco, everywhere. Heck yeah, I would go to Ireland. Why not?

I signed a contract to fight at UFC 187, so I'm going to fight at UFC 187, whoever it is against. It's the same thing.

I'm not worried about a title. It's just go and have fun.

I don't want to sound arrogant or cocky, but taking a fight on short notice against 'Cowboy,' you have to be mentally strong.

I remember kickboxing and traveling the world when I was young. I would go to Japan or Africa, and I would go for the experience. As soon as I got off the plane, we'd go have a good time, party. Fighting was just the outlet of what I was doing there.

Fighting angry and fighting mad isn't good.

You have a short window, you know, and if I plan on living the lifestyle I want, I've got to make a nest egg.

I'll fight every weekend - hell yeah.

The UFC has been nothing but great to me. I can't complain; they give me what I want.

I've had people say I'm inconsistent, and sure, I've never held a UFC or WEC title.

I thought that Yoel Romero and Tim Means got the only two tainted bottles of protein in the world. I thought it was crazy. You never know with these companies; you've got to be careful.

I'm not going to grant Bobby Green his wishes by fighting him and responding to his nonsense.

We have no one to stand up for the fighters' rights. If something bad were to happen, no one backs him, and it's just him alone, and everything gets washed out. We need people to stand up and fight for it.

I'm a guy who likes to keep fighting five, six times a year, so if I ask for too much money, they might say, 'Well, we pay you too much. We can't let you keep jumping backwards and forwards and promote it.' The money I'm making is good to keep grabbing short-notice fights. I love them; they're my favorite ones.