Quotes from Travis Browne

I owned a couple different businesses.

One of my favorites is Dominick Cruz, a training partner of mine.

I've had to learn fast. I've kind of come up the hard way in this sport and just a sense of my training partners and my coaches and that's been something that I've been having to deal with since day one.

Sometimes guys will come out and just barely squeak by to get a win and then wonder why they don't get a title shot. Who wants to see that?

There was a point in my life and my career where I had less than $100 to spend on both of my kids for Christmas. I remember telling myself, I remember telling my best friend, I said, 'This will never happen again.' I will not let this happen. I mean, $100 for me to spend on my family, friends, everybody.

The night that I fought Bigfoot, he was the better man. He beat me that night. No excuses.

That's the place to be, is on the main card.

Since I fought Bigfoot, I've actually become a big fan of his, the way he carries himself and the way he handles himself. You have to respect the guy, with what he's done in the sport. With that said, I'd still love to compete against him and hopefully one day avenge that loss, if that's in the cards.

I had offers to go overseas and play basketball but I turned it down because I wanted to stay local. So I got started in Jiu Jitsu, which was something I could be competitive at.

I've said it before that fame money and women will all come and go in your life, so I'm not worried about the money.

In any fight that I go into, I don't like to complain about stuff because at the end of the day, a fight's a fight.

I'm not trying to just sit on the couch for a year.

My size is a danger, my power and my athletic ability.

I'm an average person, I just decided to work hard and dedicate myself to something. That's the only thing that separates people like me from people sitting on the couch.

If you depend on the UFC for sponsorships, the only money you get is in-cage sponsorships? Then I don't feel, as a manager, that you're doing your job.

I'm not a dirty fighter.

No matter who I fight, I'm going to be at a disadvantage in the experience department.

I don't like the fake stuff that goes on outside the ring.

I've been learning the ins and outs of the fight game and a little more of the technical side.

We have to change my habits, so that when the worst case scenario happens, I don't start just swinging for the fences. I still stay composed, I pick technique over power and I push the pace that way.

If you want to fight, this is what's promised to you. If you agree to it, then I don't feel like you have the right to go back and say, 'They're not paying me that much.' You agreed to it. This is your job. I think that some guys may forget about that a little bit.

I did protection work with dogs. I trained dogs how to protect their handlers and owners. We'd teach them bite work, how to search buildings and deal with gunfire and stuff like that. Sometimes I'd be the 'bad guy' that dogs would attack in training.

The general public may not have an understanding about me and what I do, how I feel about my children, how I feel about my family, how protective I am over my family and children. They just see a big guy in a cage that fights, that knocks people out or this and that.

For me, I'm a family man. I absolutely love my family and they're the closest thing to my heart. And to me, that's my life.