I'm a very focused person. If I'm focusing on something I don't like distractions and I like to just do that one thing. And Jiu-Jitsu and MMA basically became that one thing for me.

It's not about the past or the future, it's about right now.

Nobody is born a winner, but anyone can develop the way of thought that guides you to the right direction.

A black belt doesn't mean anything. The meaning is in the journey.

When it comes to fighting you shouldn't be thinking at all. You have to clear your mind and trust yourself completely.

Nurture you mind with great thoughts

Martial arts is not about picking your fights and picking how things go; it's about adapting to the how things are.

I dont think about what my opponent will do in the fight and especially what he has to say about me - doesn't matter to me at all.

So this was what it was like not to be me.

CAVILER, n. A critic of our own work.

If you need one more reason, I love you.

Even good hearts know how to turn bad touch and genocide into clichés just to make room for more comfort.

The citizen ... preserved the resolute bearing of one who was not to be frowned down or daunted, and who cared very little for any nobility but that of worth and manhood.

Yes, there's a lot of the blues in my playing.

I know how guys talk, so I'm not easily offended. Guys can fight and be best friends five minutes later. Women have to air it out, hold on to it, work on it.

Brushing my Grilzz Before I Booty Pop. A Woman's work is never Done!

You can awaken each day to obligations you never chose — or you can decide now to choose them.

It's relatively simple. If we're not getting more, better, faster than they are getting more, better, faster, then we're getting less, no better or more worse.