Quotes about "Resilience & Adversity"

I guess you could say I fell into it. The main goal was to be successful and to make my family proud. Back then, MMA was just getting started, and there didn't seem to be a ton of rules. It seemed pretty brutal, and I was still pretty focused on wrestling. But I decided to give it a shot. ”

I'm a person who believes that if a team that's producing a champion and producing contenders in that same division, then the coaches should be proud of that and pat themselves on the back because they're really creating a dynasty, so that's the way I take it. ”

I've physically seen profiling. I've seen me walking up the street with my friends, and the police officers get out of their car and bust the hell out of my friends. And they can't do anything about it, and the cop gets back in his car and drives off. ”

I'm gonna fall back, do my thing, but goddamn, I'm going to be a tough dude to deal with. ”

When things get you in the corner, and it feels like you can't go on, you can fight back. You're never out of the fight. ”

My strength is my unpredictablity. I can wrestle, I can strike, I can move fast, and I do a good job of covering up. And because of my experience, I'm able to put myself in good positions in the ring. The guys I fight, they have to be ready for anything. ”

God does things on his time. He wanted me to sit down and wanted me to get some other aspects of my life back in order. ”

USADA tested me, and I came back positive for hard work and beast-like characteristics. ”

I accused a woman of doing something behind my back when I knew that she hadn't, just to see if she loved me. ”

I don't think I can go back to New Orleans. I don't think that's possible. ”