Quotes from Lyoto Machida

Rafael Carvalho deserves a lot of respect and seriousness in my camp.

My dad taught me; Mr. Steven Seagal taught me, also.

Every time you achieve a dream, you must set another one. Because that will strengthen your path. Or you will become dead, because if you have no dreams, you have no life.

I think to keep my principles. To keep my principles, I think, is the most important thing. Every day, everyone change. It's normal, but your principle never can change.

I'm not gonna change my principles. I'm not gonna change anything just to make money.

Separating your profession from friendship is very difficult.

Your technique, your drive - that's what you should carry with you.

If you have a dream in your life, go ahead it's possible, go ahead

If I had a choice, I'd rather not fight someone from Brazil, but as a professional, I couldn't say no.

I respect Brock Lesnar as a fighter, but I know that I can fight him.

Mousasi is a very tough fighter.

I have a lot of respect not only for the fighter but the man Vitor Belfort. I think he has done a lot for the sport, and we all have to respect him.

Many of my greatest fights and moments were in the UFC, and they were always good to me.

If you lose three or four in a row, people start talking about retirement. They are not used to this sport like they are used to tennis. If you take a look at how many times Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer lost, it's all part of the game. Soccer is no different: teams go through bad times and then rise again.

You can have talent and strength, but the most important is determination.

I have fought my brother some times before. We got hurt sometimes, needed stitches, but it was normal after the fights. We always had a positive rivalry that pushed both of us to our best.

My father is a master in karate. He always taught me the philosophy of Karate. When I'm talking about philosophy, I mean respect to willpower, self confidence. Those qualities, I think it's very important, not just for fighting, but for any person.

We teach the karate methodology, bringing back the history of the martial art, the attacks that stopped being used when the martial art became a sport and that my brother and I use in the cage.

It's an honor to fight someone like Randy Couture.

I feel like Randy Couture has helped build the history in this sport.

I have a good relationship with the UFC.

The way I stand and my posture really complicates my opponents; they don't understand it and don't know what to do about. The way I stand there in front of them really throws them off.

I like to be busy, especially after I lost against Luke Rockhold. The best way to recover is to get another fight.

Fighting in Brazil is always great because you're close to the fans. It's a good energy on fight day: during the open workouts, the support on social media is always closer.