If you want to be the best, you've got to beat the best. The only problem is when I get that belt, who's going to be left to fight? That's what I want to know.
Donald Cerrone
You don't have to get ready if you stay ready, alright? I'm always in the gym, always training, all the time.
The only thing I can do is fight. Win or lose, I'm here every damn time.
Why not drive a snowmobile? I own an Artic Cat. We bought them because we enjoy doing things like that. I enjoy doing fun things, and that's definitely one of the things.
I'll fight on Fight Pass; it's all the same to me.
If you're in the UFC, you're one of the baddest dudes around.
I wish I had millions in the bank; I'd never go broke. Let's get that belt and get millions in the bank.
People ask me, 'Why don't you take time off?' but the working class doesn't take time off. They're out there working every day. That's what I do, too. I want them to know there is hope, and I'm out there just like they are.
Colorado's home for me.
I'll go to 185 pounds; who cares? Just give me fights.
I don't take much pride in fake fighting.
You have a short window, you know, and if I plan on living the lifestyle I want, I've got to make a nest egg.
I am never more or less motivated for a fight - it's always the same.
I could definitely make 145. But if 'Cowboy' is going to 145, I'm going after somebody who matters.
People get all caught up thinking they have to train a certain way or take a certain approach to things, but there's so much more to this than fitting into what other people think you are supposed to do. You have to have fun and enjoy what you are doing; otherwise, what is it all worth?
I eat a lot of candy. I can't survive without candy.
The UFC has been nothing but great to me. I can't complain; they give me what I want.
I took up scuba diving, and my next big thing is BASE jumping.
I thought that Yoel Romero and Tim Means got the only two tainted bottles of protein in the world. I thought it was crazy. You never know with these companies; you've got to be careful.
I just fell in love with the cowboy way of life.
We have no one to stand up for the fighters' rights. If something bad were to happen, no one backs him, and it's just him alone, and everything gets washed out. We need people to stand up and fight for it.
I own everything. I own my RV, my house, my trucks, my boat. Everything is paid for.
For me, fighting is just so fun; I love it. It's just what I enjoy doing, and for me to go out there and go wake boarding and go rock climbing and then turn around and go fight, how awesome is that?
A great fight that I'd love is B.J. Penn. That would be so awesome. He's a veteran of the sport. He's fought everywhere.
I'm not going to grant Bobby Green his wishes by fighting him and responding to his nonsense.
Sometimes you just don't show up, and in our profession, it's a bad day.
I just love to be out on the lake, wakeboard, surfing, just playing, man.
I've never pulled out of a fight, never not showed up to fight, so injured or not, I'm coming.
There is nothing more I love more than being in a throw-down on a Saturday night.
I've had people say I'm inconsistent, and sure, I've never held a UFC or WEC title.
I thought I would be laying hardwood floors in Colorado - a construction worker. Middle class or working class, that's where I was! I just fought because I loved it. It was so fun! Being able to go in there and outthink your opponents.
The young guys keep me motivated. Youngsters coming up behind me.
I don't even know who Michael Chandler is.
Whether I'm in the main event or on the preliminary card, the same Cowboy is going to be out there.
Put 'Cowboy' on every card. I'd be ready to go.
I remember kickboxing and traveling the world when I was young. I would go to Japan or Africa, and I would go for the experience. As soon as I got off the plane, we'd go have a good time, party. Fighting was just the outlet of what I was doing there.
To be honest I quit taking training and fighting so seriously and went back to living my life and having fun. I try to teach that to all the guys who come out here to train and live with me.
I'm not trying to be anything other than the way I was born and raised.
When I fought Benson Henderson for the first time, or Jamie Varner, it was always like, 'Oh man... I'm in here fighting these guys. Do I really belong here?' That's all changed now.
They aren't going to take my guns. I have 44 guns, and they aren't going to take my guns.
I want to be a professional wakeboarder.
They need to enforce how and who to give guns to. But there are Americans like me who are responsible, and they shouldn't take that away. If they outlaw guns, they won't take mine.
You see all the movies where people say, 'Don't fight out of anger'? They say that for a reason.
Wrestling is something I feel really confident in now.
Jose Aldo, he's a stud, and I would be honored to be in there to throw down with him.
Milk Duds and Hot Tamales are what I love.
Who am I to say CM Punk is a joke?
I love fighting as much as I can and as often as possible.
I want the belt. Always.
I want all of the blue collar American working class people to know that I'm out there fighting for them.
