Quotes from Luke Rockhold

I've done all my bike circuit cardio workouts when I know I gotta push my numbers higher and I gotta be better than I was before. It sucks. Your body doesn't want to do it, but I've done that. I know I have that in me.

I just don't see how it is possible to be a vegetarian or vegan when you break your body down so much. You have to recover. You need those proteins and proper amino acids, like leucine, which only really comes from animal fats.

You have to be patient, efficient with your moves, and attuned to what's happening with your body physically. The key is not to rush or panic. You wait and wait and wait - and then strike.

I always knew what I could do in there and believed that I would win the world title. But when it actually happens, when your dreams all come true, it is the culmination of a life's work. The feeling you get, I don't have words for it. I don't know how to describe it.

I've met so many real heroes, people whose service has given me the life I'm lucky to live on U.S. soil.

I defended my Strikeforce belt twice, and you didn't see me lose any of my intensity, drive, or motivation. That's just the way I am. I will always be hungry.

I've been chasing some paychecks. Modeling. I don't discriminate against paychecks. I've got to pay the bills.

I will always be motivated to improve until I feel I've achieved my potential.

We've seen the true colours of Bisping; they come out after he fights. He likes to spit on people after fights.

I'm not going to go fight the best guys in the world without getting championship fights or championship money; it makes no sense.

I start kind of stiff, and then I understand the movement, the distance, and then I can start loosening up. That's how fighting should be. That's how I try to keep my mind.

Cain has proven himself as the best heavyweight of all time, and it would be hard to strip him.

I know how good I am, and I know where I can go if I'm in the right mindset and respecting my opponent.

My mom is, like, my biggest fan of my fight world, which is funny 'cause you'd think it'd be the opposite.

Maybe people overlook me because of the way I talk or the way I look. I don't know.