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A guy like Conor McGregor, one thing I really appreciated when he first got in the game and one thing that really inspired me was his love for fighting.
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I'm very coachable, I listen. I have these ears and they're big for a reason.
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It's passion; if I'm not passionate about something I'm not going to do it.
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I want to defend my belt against all the middleweights that are the biggest threats supposedly before I jump up in weight.
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That's the beauty of this sport. We're trying to get to the same place, maybe, but we're on different paths.
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To reach the heights of a truly global sport, in a sport as difficult as this, is a monumental achievement.
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There are a lot of sports that New Zealand does very well but MMA is a truly global sport and it's practiced in the farthest reaches of this earth.
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Being a big black man in China in the mainland, walking down the street, you have everyone looking at you, 'Basketball?' They don't really see a lot of us around, maybe on TV, so they're just looking.
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My first stadium show was in China, it was a 50,000-seat stadium. I think 40,000 showed up.
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The promoters in New Zealand weren't looking at me, they didn't see the potential. But when I was fighting in China they brought me over there as a journeyman so all their guys could whup up on me. Then they realised that's not gonna happen because I kept whupping up on their guys. Then they decided, 'Let's bring this guy into our team.'
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I've talked about tall poppy syndrome when I see people. I used to be like, 'Why am I feeling this way? What is that person taking from me that makes me feel inadequate?' That same feeling you feel when you feel uncomfortable because people start talking about racism, lean into that feeling, don't just look away from it, because you can't pretend.
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I just want to fight and be remembered as the best, who fought everyone and beat them. Then the money, the numbers, the records, they all chase me.
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I don't really take punishment from fights; the punishment is from the training, from my teammates.
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The wrestling begins before you even engage in the clinch, I've said this already. This is one thing people don't know, wrestling begins on the feet with the stand up.
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A lot of people say they don't care about the belt, but that's not true. For me, when I say it, I really mean that.
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I want to fight the guys that are ranked above me, even though I don't care about rankings because they're just opinions anyway. Even if a guy is below me and wants to fight, I'll take the fight if it makes sense.
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I'd rather be very well prepared before I move to heavyweight or light heavyweight. That's according to my own schedule - no one else's.
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I'm smart about the way I move. I'm smart about the way I conduct myself outside the Octagon, like who I associate myself with.
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I'm not stupid. After you just punch me, I'm not gonna be like, 'Alright, let me do that again.'
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Kiwis, we love a good one out. We love a good fight. This is part of the culture. Straight up. We're a country of a warrior race, the Maori.
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Aang hits the Avatar-state and he has this unlimited power. He enters into a flow state, you know, he's in the zone. That's how it feels for me sometimes when I'm fighting.
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I'm fortunate enough that my dad was well-off, my family was well-off, so we're able to go to private schools and stuff like that.
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Your parents and people close to you, whenever you want to do something or you want to follow a dream, they'll try and stop you. It's not out of their hating, it's just protection. They want to try and preserve you. Like 'oh what If he fails?' From the culture we're from, they want to protect you.
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If people want to take the chance to watch, to see what I bring and try to use it to better themselves, yeah, OK. But I'm not one of these guys who's going to try to be a role model and be an angel because I want to get a Nike sponsorship.
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I do what I do for a job. This is fighting. This is a bloody sport. It's not a nice sport.
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