Mike Tyson is a good boxer, but he is not the best fighter. I am the best fighter.

If I'm home, just hanging around with the kids.

Martial arts in general were not made for a tournament, for points system. Martial arts were made to defend yourself in the street fight situation, not to score points.

My grandfather was doing business with a Japanese man. In exchange of good relationship the man taught my uncles the art of jiu jitsu. My father couldn't do it because he was very weak, he couldn't do one press-up, so he just sat back and watched, and memorised. What he did was add leverage into the moves.

My father had nine kids, seven boys and two girls, and my uncle had 21 kids, 11 boys and 10 girls. They had the opportunity to teach the art of Gracie Jiu Jitsu and that's how we got involved from a young age. It's in the blood.

There's so much talent in Brazil, so many guys that will probably never get discovered.

I wouldn't change the past for nothing.

I love to travel and I love to teach, so I combined the two.

Like when I fought Akebono - six foot eight, 490 pounds. Before the fight, everyone's like 'Man, you're crazy. You're out of your mind. How are you going to fight a guy that big, there's no way you can take him down. You cannot punch him out. You're out of your mind.' After the fight, everybody was like 'Oh come on, he's big and fat.' Really?

Everyone wants to fight me. It's a long list.

Tim Kennedy is one of the toughest guys in my opinion.

You tell me what's impossible and I'll prove you wrong.

Face life's challenges with confidence, dare to pursue your dreams and live to the fullest just as my father did.

Gracie is not a family, it's a factory of fighters.

When Scott Coker first mentioned to me that Ken Shamrock wanted to fight I said, 'Thank you.' I played a little hard to get, but for sure I knew we had to do the third fight with Ken; there was no doubt. He still insisted on fighting me. I guess the guy cannot sleep for 22 years.

I follow a very strict diet.

My brother, who created the UFC, had a vision. He knew that people wanted to see who was the best fighter. People have curiosity, what style was the best? Boxing, wrestling, Gracie jiujitsu? It was a quest to find out.

I travel all over the world and teach people.

I never drank, never party, Carnival, none of that.

I live a very healthy lifestyle.

My father didn't make us fighters, he made us teachers.

I'm a MMA fighter, man. I'm a MMA fighter, all the way.

Werdum is good, is a smart fighter. He knows how to set up a beautiful strategy.

If I had doubts, I would've never walked into the ring.

If Teila Tuli won the first UFC, everybody would have been learning sumo.

I believe in pure jiu-jitsu. That's what I've done in the past.

That's why I like Demian Maia and Fabricio Werdum. Demian will take you down and do his game. Werdum learned the stand-up to know what's coming, but he never stopped using his jiu-jitsu. He will clinch, take you down and submit you.

You know the 80s music is something that no one wants to admit liking, but once then start playing everyone is into it.

Bellator and Viacom want to give fans exciting fights and enable fighters to continue to grow and most importantly provide for their family, and it's something I want to be a part of.

Wouldn't you love to see Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield go one more time? It's not like just one of them has aged. They've both aged. They're both icons.

I did a seminar once in Pennsylvania when there was big snow, road construction, a big flood and just one person showed up. I said, 'No problem, I'll do it.' If there's one or 100 on the mat, the juice is still there.

I'm a fighter. We come from the beginning, no gloves, no rules, no time limits.

The art of Gracie jiu-jitsu is to learn how to defend yourself in any situation, not to score points, not for tournament style. It's for a street-fight situation.

I am a product of my father's work.

I get stopped at the airports by just everyday people that are not even fans of the MMA and they say how they have seen me fight. Its very humbling and also rewarding.

My Jiu Jitsu is with the gi. It's the real style of Jiu Jitsu, it's with the gi and I fight MMA.

Do this rubber guard stuff and I'll punch you in the nose.

Yes, I do Jiu Jitsu for a living.

The greatest tribute you can to pay to my father is to continue to train and share Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, remembering to never lose sight of the fact that what you do off the matt counts more than what you do on the matt.

I don't drink, I don't smoke.

My father created this whole MMA thing.

I've never had a fight in the street.

I fight because I want to not because I have to.

I take all the opportunities that come my way and I am thankful that I have them.

I'm a vale-tudo fighter.

I'm not a fighter to score points of fight with time limit.

GSP knows how to use a lot of strategy.

I like guys who can use strategy, not just tough guys.

GSP is at the top of my list in knowing how to use strategy, how to bring an opponent out of his game, how to beat a guy without taking a beating. And he's good in standup and good at grappling.

Demian Maia, I love the way he fights.