Quotes from Jose Aldo

If I say one thing to the UFC, I say it in an interview. I don't have conflicting stories.

We always train with heavier sparring partners to make it harder so the fight will be easier.

I've considered going to lightweight. As soon as my trainer decides that I can go up, then I will.

I was a fan of jujitsu, so that pretty much got me started in fighting. I won a lot of local competitions when I was young and eventually won a ticket to go compete in Rio de Janeiro. In Rio, I struggled a lot in the beginning, living in the gym and not having much to eat, but eventually I joined the Nova Uniao Team and really improved my skills.

Rankings mean nothing. You have to talk trash.

Talking makes the fight bigger... When the fight is over, everyone goes in opposite sides with money in the pocket. You have to talk trash because that brings money.

We have to talk a little trash to sell fights, talk more, because we know we will profit more from that. It's important.

The athlete is not treated like he deserves. We deserve better. I'm not speaking only about the UFC, but about the media as well. The fans treat us really well.

I've competed for so many years that I can go in there and have fun and do what I love, which is fight and compete.

Something I always liked to train is kickboxing.

Everybody knows if you have the rules, you need to follow the rules and do exactly what you need to do.

The UFC and WEC didn't give me anything. Everything I conquered was my merit and from my team.

Yes, I think about having a career in boxing, but I want to start from the bottom, start from zero. I want to get ranked and one day fight for a belt. I don't want to fight just to fight, for money, to go after big fights and challenge a great champion.

I dream of being champion and dream going out as champion. That's my biggest motivation.

I love sports - I am a die-hard fan of soccer, and I am always at Maracana Stadium in Rio watching Flamengo play. I am also a big fan of basketball; I stay up at night to watch Lebron James play whenever I can.

I don't cut weight, so it's no problem for me to fight at lightweight.

I wanted to train jiu-jitsu instead of capoeira because the mat was soft. It was better than training capoeira on the hard floor. I started reading jiu-jitsu magazines, reading about the world champions, and becoming one of them became my goal.

Nobody stays young forever.

McGregor has no respect for the sport, for the person. That's it. He's not good for the sport.

The training is intense here at Nova Uniao.

My objective since I started my career was: become the champion, remain the champion, retire the champion.

People come to me to say I don't sell; Brazilian media say I don't give interviews. Nobody is obligated to do anything.

If a fighter thinks he knows everything and stops trying to evolve, he's lost.

I watch my diet and I eat right, but I am not on a strict diet.