Quotes from Henry Cejudo

I come from the sport of wrestling, where there's nothing but respect on the mat.

If anything, I get better throughout the rounds.

I respect Demetrious Johnson to the fullest. I wouldn't travel the world and find different training partners and coaches to help me defeat this man if I didn't want to win.

At some point, if the UFC allows me, I'd like to go to 125 because I know I can win that belt, man. I'm too strong, and I'm too fast.

God bless America. I am American. I'm very patriotic. I love this country.

The thing that people don't know about me - I actually boxed amateur for a few years.

I've actually picked up a lot of good habits from just watching film from Demetrious Johnson.

I'm a chameleon.

Will I become a UFC champion some day? I know I will.

I'm a competitor; I love to compete.

I can easily fill out at 135 pounds and feel good.

I'm the cash cow now, man. It's the Cejudo way.

I may do some cringey and crazy things, but for crying out loud, I have Nikki Bella calling me out.

I'm a tank, man.

I have a nutritionist living with me, cooking my food, weighing it, portioning out a lot of things, and it's very detailed now.

Everything that I did to win a gold medal, I'm practically transferring it over to mixed martial arts.

I got a huge target on my back. But you know what, I'm going to embrace that, and everybody is on notice - flyweights and bantamweights.

It's up to the UFC, but I'll fight whomever, whenever. Minus maybe Vegas.

At the age of 31, I feel like I'm in my prime, baby.

The medal just was an object, just a medal, and that's it. What really meant something was the blood, the sweat, the tears that went into getting that medal. I'll always have the memories of that with me.

I really work on my defense a lot; that's what makes me a good fighter.

I'm a very detailed fighter. I'm very detailed.

I think something that has separated me from the rest of the competition - maybe it's just my way of thinking - I don't necessarily go into fights just wanting to win but to actually dominate. So when I don't feel like I dominate, sometimes I feel like a loser, I guess, you know, maybe in that perspective.

I always wanted to become a student of the game and at least get six to eight fights before coming to the UFC.