That was my biggest dream, to one day become champion in MMA and boxing. That is my biggest dream.

Nobody gave me anything. I conquered everything. And I gave them a lot more than they gave me back.

We always train with heavier sparring partners to make it harder so the fight will be easier.

I dream of being champion and dream going out as champion. That's my biggest motivation.

McGregor has a good punch, but he cannot say that he's the biggest puncher. MMA gloves are tiny - four ounces - so when they connect, they drop you.

I always want more. I will always want to earn more.

I want a superfight. That's my biggest wish. I want to test myself in different divisions.

Everyone should go up there and fight. Go up there and go through opponents and earn their opportunity to fight for the title, not talk their way into the title.

The UFC and WEC didn't give me anything. Everything I conquered was my merit and from my team.

My father was a bricklayer, and my mother was a housewife. It was complicated, obviously, because of our humble origin, but thank God we were all focused.

Cub Swanson was the first to talk a lot on fight week in the WEC, and I got there and ran through him.

I'm the king of Dublin.

I want the undisputed belt.

Interim belt is made for media and fans, not for me.

I was a fan of jujitsu, so that pretty much got me started in fighting. I won a lot of local competitions when I was young and eventually won a ticket to go compete in Rio de Janeiro. In Rio, I struggled a lot in the beginning, living in the gym and not having much to eat, but eventually I joined the Nova Uniao Team and really improved my skills.

We came from a humble background but with a lot of love, so we were able to overcome that.

I never fought for money. I had a good career and legacy as featherweight champion.

I think the legacy Ronda leaves behind is that she changed women's MMA.

Every fighter seeks evolution.

We always try give the best of us in training to go in the cage and have a good performance, thus giving millions for the company. We also want to have part of these millions.

I was really close to my father since I was young. He always told me that I had to work in order to become a man, so I had to stay with him when my mother left. He always took me to work to help him as a bricklayer. I was just a kid, so I did what I could do to help him.

If a fighter thinks he knows everything and stops trying to evolve, he's lost.

If you lose, no one will remember you, but if you're the champion, they will always remember you.

I've considered going to lightweight. As soon as my trainer decides that I can go up, then I will.

Talking makes the fight bigger... When the fight is over, everyone goes in opposite sides with money in the pocket. You have to talk trash because that brings money.

My next fight is always the most important fight, so regardless if I'm fighting for the title or not, I always have to go in there and give everything that I've got.

I'm not scared of anyone. They have two arms and two legs, and I will do my best and win.

Something I always liked to train is kickboxing.

I train every day to destroy whoever they put in front of me.

The training is intense here at Nova Uniao.

Thank God the UFC and MMA gave me a lot of stuff.

Not just me but everybody in the WEC was dreaming of fighting in the UFC and become a champ. Thank God I went there and became a champion. I root for the WEC guys. I do.

I like to watch women's MMA more than men fighting because they always do their best and fight hard.

Yes, I think about having a career in boxing, but I want to start from the bottom, start from zero. I want to get ranked and one day fight for a belt. I don't want to fight just to fight, for money, to go after big fights and challenge a great champion.

Each person has a way to promote their fight. Each person has a way to try to create opportunity in their career.

Everybody knows if you have the rules, you need to follow the rules and do exactly what you need to do.

I was always the champion and will always be as long as I'm in the featherweight division.

Everybody fights for money, of course, but I wanted to leave a legacy when I retired, get my name in the history. I don't think like that anymore. When I lost the belt, I saw how reality is. Champion means nothing.

When I'm inside the cage, nobody will take anything away from me.

I love sports - I am a die-hard fan of soccer, and I am always at Maracana Stadium in Rio watching Flamengo play. I am also a big fan of basketball; I stay up at night to watch Lebron James play whenever I can.

We have to talk a little trash to sell fights, talk more, because we know we will profit more from that. It's important.

When I started, athletes fought for honor, respect, philosophy.

I wanted to train jiu-jitsu instead of capoeira because the mat was soft. It was better than training capoeira on the hard floor. I started reading jiu-jitsu magazines, reading about the world champions, and becoming one of them became my goal.

Some fighters have a great punch; others don't.

The athlete is not treated like he deserves. We deserve better. I'm not speaking only about the UFC, but about the media as well. The fans treat us really well.

If I say one thing to the UFC, I say it in an interview. I don't have conflicting stories.

I think Americans are really patriotic people, so patriotism is something they can understand. I'm very patriotic about Brazil, my country, and that includes my language.

My objective since I started my career was: become the champion, remain the champion, retire the champion.

Portuguese is the language of my heart; it's the language of my feelings. It's the language that I feel I can express myself best in.

Of course, people will be partial, but I put myself among the best in history.