I'm like a tree. My leaves might change color, but my roots are the same.

I learned that love is a much more sustainable energy to draw on than hate.

All I can control is myself and just keep having a positive attitude.

That Dutch style of kickboxing, that's great. That's hard. It's very intimidating to stand across from, but you know it's very rhythmic on the beat. It's just something: It looks scary, but it's nothing to be scared of.

I have overcome some demons in my path.

You just keep a positive attitude no matter what comes in your way - challenges, roadblocks - don't let it faze you, and you can overcome anything.

Oh, man - I don't have just one favorite fighter, but I draw from many different aspects of each fighter. But I will say, just going back in the history of the UFC, just kind of trying to learn from each fighter, I've been looking at Brock Lesnar, all the things he did for the UFC back in the day, and his attitude and things like that.

All the scars on my body, all the bumps and bruises, all the muscles - that is a story of everything I have done. And it's not just my story. My ancestors who came before me gave me this vessel to sculpt and mold.

It's hard to focus on a fight when your heart is broken and you're not happy in your relationship, especially if that's your coach. That's like fighting without one leg.

I'm successful every day because I look in the mirror, and I'm happy with who I am.

There's a process to everything. If you fast track or make shortcuts in any way, and you get too much of one thing, you're just out of balance.

It takes a lot of courage in that cage no matter who you are.

There are so many variables that go into a fight, you shouldn't waste your time worrying about the other fighters.

I didn't need the belt to validate me.

When they asked us what we wanted to be when we grow up, in kindergarten, I always said I wanted to be a farmer.

There's pros and cons to everything, and I choose to look at the positives.

I think there's a lot of mental instability in this whole country.

I love to learn, and that's the really cool thing about martial arts - you're always learning new things.

It's pretty cool to be called a champion.

Me being the best in the world, it doesn't mean that much to me if I'm not a good person at the end of the day, if I'm not setting a good example for other people to be better to each other.

I'm just here to show up and fight and then get my money and go home.

I'm more dramatic than other people are, or I just show it more. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I have a lot of passion.

We need the villain sometimes. It makes for an interesting story.

Fighting causes you to face life head on, because you could end up seriously getting hurt, and you could hurt somebody else. It causes both people to face the reality that we are fragile beings, but it doesn't mean we can't enjoy ourselves in the process and punch each other in the face and have a good time.

I want to encourage people to be nicer to each other, to be nicer to themselves.

I'm always trying to improve, and you can't ever expect anything from me. You can always just expect me to be dangerous.

I'm glad I went through the 'TUF' experience.

A lot of times, my best friend was my dog.

I grew up with lots of anger, frustration, and violence in my heart.

I used to fight with hate. There's been a lot of aggression in my past growing up and stuff. That's because I was hurt myself.

The learning curve, and the things that you have to adapt to on a daily basis in the UFC, is pretty crazy. It's a huge burden for anybody to have: not just the fighting itself but learning how to deal with the other responsibilities.

Every fight is dangerous, no matter who you're fighting, no matter what the story behind it is.

Mixed martial arts - there's just been a lot of trash talking and things like that. People, I feel like, aren't really being true to themselves or being honest. I don't know, maybe that's what they feel they need to do to entertain things.

I'm just a very impatient person. It's always something that I'm working on, and just staying interested in the fight game is the biggest challenge for me. As long as I'm interested and I have an incentive to stay interested, then I'm unbeatable.

When you want to be a fighter, you have to give it everything you got. MMA just became who I am because of the amount of work I was putting into my training. It all starts in the gym. The hours turn into days, days into weeks, and weeks into months; it's like school - the more time you spend learning, the better you'll be prepared for a test.

I live in a very nice neighborhood. There's nothing that really goes on around here.

It's all about me, no matter who I'm fighting.

I love my 303 ladies. We go hard here, you know - we're fierce!

There's a lot around us that we can't control, but my body, my mind, and my soul are pretty much the only things that I can.

Being resourceful and creating is a big part of my Lithuanian culture. My grandfather is part of who I am, too. He was a professional wrestler. He had a very functional, very slick, long frame.

I learned that love is a much more sustainable energy to draw on than hate.

I feel like anything can be worked out; you just gotta talk through it as adults.

That Dutch style of kickboxing, that's great. That's hard. It's very intimidating to stand across from, but you know it's very rhythmic on the beat. It's just something: It looks scary, but it's nothing to be scared of.

Martial arts is about honor and respect.

I have overcome some demons in my path.

I'm sick of all the hate and anger and stuff like that going on.

Oh, man - I don't have just one favorite fighter, but I draw from many different aspects of each fighter. But I will say, just going back in the history of the UFC, just kind of trying to learn from each fighter, I've been looking at Brock Lesnar, all the things he did for the UFC back in the day, and his attitude and things like that.

What's the point of being the best in the world if you scratch and claw your way to the top, and you push everybody down instead of lifting everybody else up with you?

It's hard to focus on a fight when your heart is broken and you're not happy in your relationship, especially if that's your coach. That's like fighting without one leg.

I've got Pat 'HD' Barry in my corner.