Make peace with the fear of defeat... Fear holds you back from putting forth your best performance.

Combat is my profession and fighting was a great way to maintain a combat mindset while preparing to lead Marines in war.

If you don't take charge of your transition, it is a dark and lonely road

There's nothing you can take for granted; not a single day, not a single minute, not a single relationship.

Yes, I think I have the skills to compete with Anderson Silva.

When you've been through that, a fight just doesn't seem that cataclysmic.

I do not care about happiness simply because I believe that joy is something worth fighting for.

Never mind the mistakes. One day they will become your most prized possessions.

We make stupid mistakes when we're young; we do our best to make amends for them as we get older. We survive by learning; by learning we survive. Such is life. So be it.

It's good to be a little frightened. It's good to respect your opponent. It keeps you sharp. In the fight game, the head rules the heart. But in the end the heart is the boss.

Excess in moderation: don't drink a few beers every day after work, wait 'till the end of the month and drink all the beers at once.

What shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue!

I think the whole tension about romanticism is the way it builds and builds, and the moment it's consummated, the tension's over.

All matter is quantified thought - manifested by the thoughts you give precedence to. It is your dominant thoughts that determine your destiny.

There is enough information capacity in a single human cell to store the Encyclopedia Britannica, all 30 volumes of it, three or four times over.

I think any good actor is an anarchist. They have to be.