Nick Diaz

I was never, like, picking on people or anything like that. I was more the other way around. I was a little insecure, I was broke.

I don't have to worry about being a good role model.

I'm not fanatical or in love with being an MMA fighter.

In order to love fighting, I have to hate it.

I love jiu-jitsu, and I love my team.

I don't have anything against Georges St-Pierre. I think he's a great fighter. I think he's a nice guy just like everybody else, and he's a great role model. I would love to be that too if I was in that position.

I'm not in love with fighting. I never was.

People want to see real skill level, real Jiu Jitsu, real boxing, put together and mixed up. They want to see mixed martial arts. They don't want to see five minutes of holding. I think there should be points deducted when you do that.

I had my mom drive me to practice everywhere. I'm really grateful I had her.

My first experience of doing martial arts was weird, real traditional, strange smell with incense burning. We did a lot of bowing, it was a lot of path of least resistance and go with the flow... Really good stuff for when you're at a young age.

I'm trying to live life like a normal person.

I've never backed out of a fight in my life. That's not what I do.