I consider myself a very driven and intense fighter.

A true champion and athlete is never satisfied with their performance. You can always do more and always improve.

They say people from small towns have big dreams and that pretty much describes me. I had big dreams growing up and I'm still a dreamer.

In this sport, in this life, I think heart takes you a lot further than skill and technique... Just digging down deep will take you a lot further in life.

I'm far from a saint.

Most of my fights, I push the pace. I'm the aggressor.

People will respect what wrestling has to offer to this world. It will take educating themselves on more than just guys in there swinging for the fences.

You're speechless sometimes when you think of the support you've had from the first day I've started wrestling to now.

I am in the Chicago Carpenters Union. They are huge supporters of mine and of MMA.

Human greed feeds a creed.

We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society.

Cigarette sales would drop to zero overnight if the warning said "CIGARETTES CONTAIN FAT.

Strange and marvelous things will happen with constant regularity as you alter your life and begin living in harmony with the laws of the universe.

If Todd [Willingham] was guilty of anything, it was just his self-preservation. He got up and ran out of the house and then thought about the children after the fact.

The tools used by the surgeons must be adapted to the task and where the human brain is concerned they cannot be too refined.

Art can be engaged in the world without being specifically politically engaged.

Doubts can produce positive side-effects - if you work toward resolving them.

Talking about relationships is a surefire way to jinx them.

There are respectful, considerate things that can be done in life that will be appreciated by the recipient, and only good things can result.