Usually, when I liked athletes growing up, it was because they could hit a ball very far or they can throw a ball very fast. They can shoot a jumper, or they can dunk the ball.

When you're coming up, and you have Matt Hughes, Tim Sylvia, Jens Pulver and Pat Miletich, Jeremy Horn to train with and compete with - guys that have fought in Japan, all over the world - and you see these guys every day, you just embrace the grind and get after it: you have no choice but to succeed.

There's always going to be some phenom fighter coming up. If they're special athletes and highly trained, they'll do big things.

I've actually done a really good job listening to my body, relaxing. Some days you train hard, some days you rest a little bit.