Quotes from Daniel Cormier

I've always been a rough kid.

My daughter passed away in 2003.

You have to be very vocal about being willing to fight anyone.

I think that Amanda Nunes and Julianna Pena and Valentina Shevchenko... they've showed how much this level has gone up in female fighting in a very short period of time.

It is my job to sell these fighters. I'm now a business partner of the UFC. What I do directly affects my paycheck. I try my best. I just don't want people to be indifferent.

Food doesn't necessarily have to suck in order to be healthy. It doesn't have to be terrible to be healthy anymore.

People like to call themselves fans of fighting and fans of the sport, but if you're a fan of fighting, how can you not like watching Demetrious Johnson? He's the best at it. He's the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world. Why wouldn't you enjoy watching that guy perform? He does a phenomenal job every time he's in there.

I'm not a guy that really likes to pile onto somebody. Doesn't really matter who it is.

If you're the UFC champion, you're the best in the world at what you do, and I get the opportunity to do that.

I've always had a chip on my shoulder. It kind of drives me. It's something that allows me to train harder, train longer, work better.

Some people just don't like you; you cannot satisfy everyone. But I've got a lot of supportive fans - people who do like me, do enjoy what I do.

You can love me, you can hate me, but just don't be indifferent. Care about it enough to watch.

As a champion and one of the best fighters in the world, guys should always step up to the plate and want to fight Jon Jones.

My resume, my career, and my legacy in this sport means more to me then collecting some checks.

If there's an opportunity for me to compete at something, I'm there.

I'm letting competition drive me, and when competition drives me, I don't think anyone can compete with me.

I need to be competing. Coaching is good, but I like to be in the fire.

People always get confused. They talk about coaches. The reality is, these coaches and managers that everybody thinks are in so much control, they work for us. They're our employees.

The only thing that can ever make a Louisiana boy feel better is Popeye's.

I grew up in Louisiana. We have red beans and rice, and there's a Popeye's on every corner.

I have to be smart. You cannot be going in there, trying to go forward and pressure guys, and be taking damage and getting hurt on the way to doing it.

Reach, and all that other stuff, doesn't play as big a part in MMA as it does in boxing. Guys don't really fight with their length all that much, because they have to worry about the takedown or kicks. They have to worry about so many other things that they can't just fight real tall.

You train, you fight, you show respect at the end of it.

No matter how much I respect someone or how much I like someone, it doesn't exceed my will to win.