Quotes from Chris Weidman

I was living out on Long Island in Baldwin, New York when Hurricane Sandy hit. With the storm surge, the whole first floor of our house was under about three feet of water. We lost a lot of valuable stuff - sentimental stuff like pictures and Christmas ornaments. Nobody expected flooding that bad.

A lot of these players, if you listen to the Islanders or the Rangers, they get interviewed in the locker room right after the game, it's very structured answers. They're very protected.

We have a lot of great stars and so many different things, some of the other countries don't have that. So when they get somebody, they support them to the death. America, I kind of think we take it for granted sometimes.

My training varies so much. There's no such thing as a typical day.

The only reason I got into MMA was to be the best.

Winning the middleweight title was an amazing feeling.

From the very beginning, every time I trained for a fight, I didn't train to beat the guy I was fighting. I trained to beat Anderson Silva.

It's just an honor to be part of an apparel brand like Reebok.

Being the guy that ended the run of the greatest fighter ever will always be attached to my name.

To walk around and people ask me who the champion is in my weight class and I have to say Michael Bisping, it's a little embarrassing, but that's just the way it goes.

It's an entertainment sport, and we go out to entertain the fans, but at the end of the day, what really matters is your influence on others.

When I'm getting ready for a fight - when I'm in that locker room or I'm making that walk and I finally get to the Octagon - it's all spiritual.

Don't think OF your goals, think FROM them.