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.

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'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.

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.

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.

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.

I have overcome some demons in my path.

I have overcome some demons in my path.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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