Quotes from Diego Sanchez

I have always walked around at 170lbs and fought at 170lbs.

I'm just happy to have my job with the UFC and my bosses, they know the level of heart that I have, what I've put into this sport. They know what I bring to the company.

I got sucked real deep into the fame and the money. I was a bachelor and I got sucked into a bad life of partying.

The B.J. Penn fight was the first one where I ever took damage. I got caught coming in. I got hit hard and I never recovered. He picked me apart the rest of the fight. After that, I still didn't take any damage until I fought Martin Kampmann.

I was thankful for the fight with Kampmann. I was thankful for the cuts, I was thankful because I found something inside of my heart that I knew was there, but I had never tapped into it. I found this warrior's spirit, an old school warrior within me.

I look up to fighters like Vitor Belfort, Anderson Silva, Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture. A lot of the fighters that fought into their older age and for me, as a warrior, I just love it.

I train six to seven hours during the three separate sessions every day while in camp.

Headlining a UFC card is what I have always wanted.

I trusted the wrong person with finances and the guy ended up breaking my bank. I lost my money in Ponzi schemes. If it wasn't enough to be wasting a lot of it, one of my best friends totally done me dirty and wiped me out.

After my Clay Guida fight, I went down a bad path, man. It was just not a good path. After my loss to B.J. Penn it just got worse. I got really out of control.

When I fought Kampmann, something happened in that fight and to me, it's still the most epic moment in my career. I was losing and something happened and I flipped a switch.

I want to represent positivity and I want to represent the good.

I'm not ruling out the possibilities of being an 'Ultimate Fighter' coach.

You can only get away with fighting as the lighter guy in a weight class for so long. That's what I was doing at 170 pounds.

I feel like I'm a legend continuing to be a legend!

You can see the love I have for the sport. Blood, cuts, scars... I love fighting. I'm going to do it for as long as I can.

Martin Kampmann, that was a war. Jake Ellenberger, that was a war. Then I didn't take damage until Gilbert Melendez.

McGregor is a huge 145-pounder with long reach and is taller than his opponents - and that's something that I've always wanted.

Pressure is the way a predator fights.

I blew through all my money and made some very bad decisions. I had this scam artist scam me real bad and was embezzled over $175,000.

The only person who can stop Diego Sanchez is Diego Sanchez.

After weigh-ins you're doing wheat pasta or you're trying to carb back up. This was actually really throwing me off, causing an inflammatory response in my digestive system, in my brain, in my body. Throwing off my mind.

I've never been crazy when it comes to controlling my diet. I just avoid processed foods, don't mix carbs and make sure I get my protein. I'm a carnivore. I love my wild game and especially my buffalo meat.

I give all the credit to God, he's the one who keeps me healthy and I'm just doing what I'm doing. I love this sport. When I got into it I loved it and I've loved it since I was a young child. I'm one of those fighters that just really loved to fight and I embraced it.