Quotes from Chael Sonnen

I love going to the ring hurt or sick or tired and trying to figure out how to win anyway.

I've got two 10-8 rounds against Anderson Silva. That's just the truth. I have no equal at middleweight.

The UFC does not owe me a thing. Nothing. I am in debt to them.

Brian Stann is a great guy. I voted him in for the President of the United States in 2008, and I will write him in again in 2012.

I'm a Catholic, and not because I just happened to wake up as a Catholic. I'm not going to be persuaded on any topic, especially not that.

I don't walk around looking into cameras and telling people I'm the best fighter in the world just to hear myself talk. I say it for the same reason they put warnings on packages of cigarettes, and fighting Chael Sonnen may be hazardous to one's health.

I've competitively boxed. It's definitely Plan B for me, but I know how to box.

I had dreams in 2000 of being an Olympian for boxing. I never talk about it.

Nobody wants to fight Brian Stann. I'm not the only guy, and that's not a big secret.

I like Bryan Caraway a lot; I used to train with him. I consider him a friend.

I was never a bully; I would take on everybody at any time. Whether that was the No. 1 guy in the world or whether that was the No. 100 guy in the world, it didn't make any bit of difference. If somebody wanted to fight, I would show up and fight.

I listen to these pundits all the time breaking down Trump - 'He's brash, and he's bold, and he's successful' - and none of those are what it is. There's one word to sum it up, and it's courage. He has courage.

Guys always get jealous or envious of an opportunity, but they never wanna walk out to the mound and point to the crowd and tell them where they're going to hit the ball. I will. I'll call my shots.

All our careers end the same: Face down and embarrassed.

I'm not after the money or the fame. I'm after the world championship, and that's it.

When I'm a fan, I show up to boo. I don't show up to cheer; I show up to heckle.

Jose Aldo, this guy's a chicken. I can't even tell you how good Jose Aldo is, but he doesn't think it.

I'm a huge supporter of Trump.

I wouldn't poke fun at someone if they were weak. I wouldn't bully somebody.

You can never have the comeback if you don't have the retirement.

The soreness you feel after a fight or after a good battle, it's the best feeling in the world. You might sit and complain about it, but you feel so accomplished.

I'm a God-fearing man, go to church every Sunday, and have since I was a boy. But if I ever found out that God cared one way or another about a borderline illegal fist-fight on Saturday night, I would be so greatly disappointed that it would make rethink my entire belief system.

I'm not going to sidestep anybody, I'm not going to back down from anybody at any weight, and most importantly, I'm not going to pick on a guy who is weaker.

I'm candy-coated poison, and you should not believe anything else.