Quotes from Donald Cerrone

I thought I would be laying hardwood floors in Colorado - a construction worker. Middle class or working class, that's where I was! I just fought because I loved it. It was so fun! Being able to go in there and outthink your opponents.

I thought that Yoel Romero and Tim Means got the only two tainted bottles of protein in the world. I thought it was crazy. You never know with these companies; you've got to be careful.

I see the business side of it and moving up the ladder towards the title. That's where the money's at. That's the overall goal.

My time with the WEC was great for me; it was great to be able to get big-show experience, headline fight-cards, and fight for world titles.

It's a relaxed intensity I've got to live my life in.

Bring the fights on. If I'm going to be the champ, I gotta beat everyone anyway, so what does sitting and waiting and holding my position do?

I'm not worried about a title. It's just go and have fun.

I'm a guy who likes to keep fighting five, six times a year, so if I ask for too much money, they might say, 'Well, we pay you too much. We can't let you keep jumping backwards and forwards and promote it.' The money I'm making is good to keep grabbing short-notice fights. I love them; they're my favorite ones.

Dos Anjos, his wrestling and grappling is supposed to be good, but I feel my Jiu Jitsu, wrestling and striking is way better. I'm better than him all across the board.

Wrestling is something I feel really confident in now.

That Evan Dunham fight, I went back to not being serious. I was going to the lake and literally brought some wrestling mats down with me. We have a shop at the lake where we park the boat. I'd throw the mats in there, wakeboard all day, and train all night. I was having a good time, getting back to work.

Is there any hungry fighters out there that say they don't get paid enough by the UFC? I tell you what: Cowboy's got the answer. Sign on the line. I don't care where you're at on the roster. Let's go.

You don't have to get ready if you stay ready, alright? I'm always in the gym, always training, all the time.

To be honest I quit taking training and fighting so seriously and went back to living my life and having fun. I try to teach that to all the guys who come out here to train and live with me.

When I fought Benson Henderson for the first time, or Jamie Varner, it was always like, 'Oh man... I'm in here fighting these guys. Do I really belong here?' That's all changed now.

I remember kickboxing and traveling the world when I was young. I would go to Japan or Africa, and I would go for the experience. As soon as I got off the plane, we'd go have a good time, party. Fighting was just the outlet of what I was doing there.

Just do whatever you want to in life. One day tomorrow won't be there.

For a while, I drank the juice - I did things the way everybody else said to. I listened to their advice. But it didn't work.

I took up scuba diving, and my next big thing is BASE jumping.

Fighting's not me - it's just something that I do.

The young guys keep me motivated. Youngsters coming up behind me.

You've got to know what you put in your body. That's it.

I made it this far eating fruit roll-ups and having soda pop and having fun. I feel like I tried changing that to do like everyone says I should, and I just feel better being me.

I own everything. I own my RV, my house, my trucks, my boat. Everything is paid for.