Growing up, I was poor. In college, I was poor. I never had anything.

The biggest challenge is learning how to psych yourself up into believing in yourself as you walk into the Octagon.

I will get out there and train harder than anyone, five times a day sometimes. You have to be a special person to do that - like, special forces, military maybe.

Being labeled as someone who would cheat hurts more than anything else I've ever been through in my career.

It's hard to sit back and just go through your whole career, because everything's always moving so fast. But the odd milestone is always a nice moment, and when you look at the previous players to have hit those kind of milestones, it's nice to be in that company.

I had suffered a multitude of injuries, as most guys in the business do. Most of them came at the end of my career.

I had no luck when I started out as a model. I keep telling people that it's the only career in the world that you can't choose for yourself - you have to be chosen.

Networking is all about connecting with people. But then again, isn't that what life is about? The more time you can find to get out of the office and build true friendships, the farther your startup will go. Entrepreneurs need to remember to spend as much time working on their business as they do in their business.