Coaches would have me in the gym do 1,000 kicks for a practice. I would do them until everyone was gone, until I had done all my kicks. People asked me why I would do it - that's stupid. But my coach told me to do something like that, and I knew it would benefit me, and I would do it.

Every Mexican fighter has the heart; they work hard with their training, and they never give up. That's the mentality I always had and always saw growing up.

There's nobody better than me, especially Junior Dos Santos.

I want everybody on Fox to see my fighting style, to really become a fan of the sport.

You don't want the fight to stop on a cut or something like that. You want to finish the fight. You always have the idea that you have the chance to stay in a fight, because one blow can end it all.

Dos Santos just has really good movement. He's really quick with his hands. He throws good combinations, and he has a lot of power. Combining all of that, it makes it really tough for somebody to fight with him.

For me, it's all about training and fighting. I would rather do without the attention, but I know it comes with the territory.

Personally, most of my injuries were ones that I sustained during fights in the UFC, not in practice.

Boxers box to get ready to fight; wrestlers wrestle. We have so much we have to do to get ready, but fighting is one of them.

My body size and everything was perfect for being a heavyweight wrestler rather than being a linebacker.

I know what people expect of me - to have the fighting style of going forward and having a lot of action.

Let me be clear: MMA training is tough work, and every fighter has had to enter the Octagon with aches and pains as well as exhaustion. This is the game.

I will be the first to say when I know I can't fight due to injury, as my long-term health is my number one priority.

Fighting is what I love to do.

It's my heritage overall, my people. Mexicans are known for being hard-working people, showing a lot of heart. I wanted to show people I am Mexican and I'm proud of it.

MMA is so exciting. It doesn't matter if you know the rules or not. If you like a fight, it's automatically gonna draw you in.

I didn't have a hero playing in sports that looked like me.

I loved football as a kid.

I take my health and the longevity of my career very seriously.

There is always a possibility that you could lose, because the outcome isn't written yet: you have to go out and write it. If you want it bad enough, if you do the training and prepare yourself to succeed, and do everything in your power to win, you'll have a better chance of succeeding.

You can't dwell on the past and be down on yourself because you lost. You have to take the positive away from it and see how you can improve yourself moving forward.

I grew up watching my parents work in the fields. That's where I get my work ethic from, because I saw them work hard my whole life.

If you lose, what can you do to get better and learn from it?

Don't bad-mouth me and then try to be my friend.