In the natural life, we eat, we drink water, we give birth, we pay taxes. In the spiritual life, we can only reach it by faith.

You're going to have to swallow Vitor Belfort. I'm going to reinvent myself and come back different every time.

My mindset as an athlete and as a man is to accept what God is asking me to do and to live my life expressing God's word.

The Holy Spirit gives me everything I need.

Like in combat when you're in chaos, a Navy SEAL in chaos, you cannot be afraid of dying for a cause.

I learned that education and sport are the bedrock for any person, but education comes first, no doubt about it.

I'd fight any beast in the jungle, you know?

I made some adaptations, as I combined karate with my boxing game. I'm adding a couple of nice things from Shotokan to my game.

I lost a lot of money with sponsors.

I'm a proper man.

The one thing the fans wanted to see is me getting the title shot.

The sweet feeling is knowing that nobody gave me anything for free.

I have the most loyal fans that have been with me since I was 19 years old, when I was just a young guy becoming a world champion.

It's never late to go after your dreams. All it takes is believing and hard work.

I'm not retiring, because when you retire, you're still getting paid. I'm not getting paid, so I'm not retiring.

People don't know what pain is until they suffer.

I believe the reason why I fight in Brazil is because I sell a lot in Brazil.

I'm just trying to be fair with everybody and also with myself.

Training for five-round fights is too much for the body.

We need to reinvent ourselves.

I'm training like an animal. Nobody trains harder than me.

People say, 'Oh, so you should retire.' Yeah, you want me to retire so you won't get knocked out. I won't retire.

Eighteen years doing this, my friend. Eighteen years - combat sport. I think you will not find this in history, I believe.

I am very loyal to my principles.

I started very young... I learned my martial arts first in the street. There were always fights. That's the culture in Brazil.

With Carlson Gracie, who saw something in me, I started learning and loved mixing together the martial arts.

Sometimes you fall down, but you have to pick yourself back up.

What I want is the belt. It doesn't matter who has it.

I have been fighting and winning all the fights in my division. I think I deserve a title shot.

I have a life of sacrifice. I don't have a normal social life.

You've got to respect your body and know the time to transition to what's next. A lot of athletes cannot transition. They don't have nothing to do after.