I know I can eat a lot. Normally, at home, I finish my steak, eat the rest of my fiancee's steak, and think about eating the two that are still left on the grill. I just can't stop eating.

You have to work your way up the ladder just like everybody else. Nothing is given to you in this world, so you have to work hard.

I'm not a boxer.

Partnering with MetroPCS is a great opportunity for me. It's great to be partnered with a company that serves a consumer similar to the UFC and my fan base.

This whole thing is - our window to be able to fight and make money is very short. It's a short window to be able to take advantage of this and make as much money as we can and save it for the future. When you're not fighting, and the money's not coming in, you can't do that, and that's the part that sucks about this job.

Not being active, your name doesn't go out there as much, and you lose the popularity thing. Also, you're not able to make a living. This is what we do to make a living: we go out there and fight. Not being able to fight for a year and a half and not able to bring in money, it definitely sets you back.

When you train the way I do, injuries are going to happen.

I think you learn a lot from losses.

Things happen for some reason. I don't know what, but I just think about the positives, focus on getting better, and that's it.

I don't really care who I fight as long as it's the better guy.

When you know you are 100% and, you know, are ready to go, you just have that feeling. You know you are going to perform well.

I just want to fight and not talk too much.

I think of all my fights as title fights. I don't think about what can come up afterwards.

That's how fighters get better. They watch film, and they work on what they need to work on.

My dad had to quit school when he was in third grade. My mom had to quit school. They didn't know what I needed, and I didn't know what I needed to keep wrestling and go to school, so that's why I had to go to community college.

Where I grew up, we had enough to get by, and we had a lot of love. That took me a long way.

When you talk about me as a fighter, I like being known as a Mexican fighter. I think 'Mexican' or 'Hispanic' should be mentioned.

I just look at what's ahead of me. I don't think about, 'For my legacy, I need to do this, this, and this.' I just focus on every fight and how to win that fight.

The Latino people in the U.S. and the Mexicans in Mexico need a UFC champion. We have a rich tradition in boxing, and to not have a Mexican heavyweight champion is unheard of. We need it. I'm glad I'm able to be in a position to give them that champion they so desperately want.

The name of the game is improving, and I've done that.

Fight night, I have to go out there and perform. I have to go out there and do what I've been trained to do. It has to come my way. I have to go out there and take it.

To say I was looking forward to fighting in Mexico for the first time is an understatement.

People know that if I'm 100 percent going into the fight, that there's no one out there that can touch me.

I didn't see anybody in the media or on TV that played sports that looked like me. I didn't have those things growing up. Now that I'm in that position, I'm happy to be that person if I can.