If I didn't have the wrestling name that I have, I wouldn't have gotten the financial contract that I got with Strikeforce or the long-term contract or the television contract. That's all because of wrestling.
As a champion and one of the best fighters in the world, guys should always step up to the plate and want to fight Jon Jones.
I'm letting competition drive me, and when competition drives me, I don't think anyone can compete with me.
My confidence comes from me, not from Jon Jones. I can't draw my confidence from another person.
I grew up in Louisiana. We have red beans and rice, and there's a Popeye's on every corner.
If you say John Smith is the greatest wrestler in Oklahoma history, now that's big.
I was a fan of Jon Jones. I thought he was great.
A lot of times, losing a fight is tough. In your darkest hours, I guess your true colors show.
Jon Jones, grow up, bud. We're going to fight regardless of how you feel. And when we do, and I'm cutting the line, and you might as well pull the guard because I'm taking you down.
Fvery time Anthony and I are supposed to fight, the lines come out, and it's like we're dead even. It's like people don't know what to make of a fight between Daniel Cormier and Anthony Johnson, when in reality, it should be very easy to know what to make of a fight between me and Anthony Johnson.
I love Mike Tyson. I was a fan, as everybody else was. The moment somebody stood up to him, he didn't do so well. And that's the same thing with Anthony Johnson. The guy's a bully. He wants to intimidate you; he wants to dominate you. He wants to knock you out. But what happens when you don't knock somebody out? What happens?
If you value your wins and you value what you've done over the course of your career, then you wouldn't want people harboring over a loss, even though you fought extremely well.
I'm not on a slander campaign to ruin Jon Jones publicly. That's not what I set out to do.
Reach, and all that other stuff, doesn't play as big a part in MMA as it does in boxing. Guys don't really fight with their length all that much, because they have to worry about the takedown or kicks. They have to worry about so many other things that they can't just fight real tall.
I've always had a chip on my shoulder. It kind of drives me. It's something that allows me to train harder, train longer, work better.
There are ways to win fights, and sometimes you don't always choose the easiest way to win a fight.
I'm confident in my team. I'm confident in my coaches. I'm confident in my ability. I worked really hard to become a better mixed martial artist.
