Quotes from Michael Chandler

I like Scott Coker a lot. He built Strikeforce, turned it into what it was and he has a great reputation with fighters and other promoters.

It's damage to a nerve. It pretty much shut down the whole lower part of my left leg. I wasn't able to step anymore. It's called foot drop - basically, you can't lift your foot.

I want to build a brand that inspires as many people as I possibly can.

You see it from my area, from any area, really, so many who want to be great and have the drive, but don't have the resources. I'm very blessed that I have a family that was financially stable enough to get me to tournaments and camps and to practices so I could wrestle year-round.

Nothing bad can happen if you train your butt off and make the right decisions and surround yourself with the right people.

It really has been just take it one day a time, one fight at a time, one training camp at a time, one year at a time.

I'm just getting better every single day and I want to be the best in the world.

For me, I want to make sure every single day I wake up and give thanks for everything that I've been given in life.

I train my butt off every single day.

I really have a heart for children who suffer from cancer. I can't imagine having to go through that at such a young age.

America was built on hard work and not complaining about stupid junk.

I don't want to just be a great fighter, but also a great man.

Once I'm in training camp, there's no beer, there's no soda, there's no bad food. There's no anything. It's eat, sleep and breathe training.

I knew I wanted to fight. It's a great way to continue competing and not to mention actually make money. You can make a career out of it.

When people talk about the lightweight division they will probably mention my name a little bit. Whether they believe I don't deserve to be up there or I do, they are at least going to mention me.

If I had the opportunity to fight Khabib, or anyone ranked No. 1 - I've played that in my head a million times.

I look after two people - my wife and my son.

If it's an emotional chick-flick type of movie, chances are, I'm going to end up crying. I'm not afraid to admit that, because I think emotion is very healthy.

I'm a nasty human being when I step into that cage, but before that I could care less.

At first I thought, beer's nasty. Then I found IPAs. They're delicious.

Not since 2011, when I stepped into the cage and fought Eddie Alvarez for the first time and was the extreme underdog - I've never quite had that feeling of a 10 since then.

I love Scott Coker and I love Bellator and I love what we have built together and it's a little uneasy to think that I will no longer be under contract with Bellator after I knock out Benson Henderson and get my hand raised.

I do have some unfinished business with Josh Thomson. I think that's a fight fans want to see, it's a fight Bellator wants, it's a fight I want.

I've been blessed so much in my own life and I want to spread that blessing to others who need it.