Lyoto Machida

I tried all my life to be a champion.

For sure, Jacare would be a great opponent. I have all the respect for him, but I would like a lot to have the opportunity of facing him someday.

Every fight is a new story, a new training camp.

A fight is a fight, and you never know what is going to happen until you start fighting.

I want to be the middleweight champion.

It's not my style to talk trash to my opponents.

I believe in me.

I loss that fight to Phil Davis, but I'm not convinced on that fight. Because it wasn't fair for me. I'd like to do another fight.

It's important to have the support of your family, but when is time to move away? You have to walk with your own legs one day.

If you want to get to the top, you can't say you won't fight this one or that one. You have to be open to fight the best.

We always want the knockout or the submission.

If you have a dream in your life, go hard. It's possible.

Your technique, your drive - that's what you should carry with you.

It's an honor to fight someone like Randy Couture.

Whether you're winning or losing, you've constantly got to be changing.

I feel like Randy Couture has helped build the history in this sport.

As you go in there, you keep winning; after you've had a loss or two, people start to humanize you.

My dad taught me; Mr. Steven Seagal taught me, also.

Every fight is a little bit different.

Chris Weidman is a tough guy; he's well rounded. He's known for being a wrestler. He's very good on the ground. He can knock people out standing up.

My main objective is always the belt.

Right after my fight against Luke Rockhold, I had surgery on my left hand. I just took out some fragments from back then. Too many training, and I had some fragments in my hand.

I like to be busy, especially after I lost against Luke Rockhold. The best way to recover is to get another fight.

If I have a chance, I'd like to fight at 185 pounds.

I have fought my brother some times before. We got hurt sometimes, needed stitches, but it was normal after the fights. We always had a positive rivalry that pushed both of us to our best.

Even if you win, or you lose, you have to respect your opponent.

I'm a professional, and I focus on one fight at a time.

When I signed with Bellator, I knew this would be a new positive chapter in my career.

Everything Mousasi says only motivates me. I have a win over him, and I think he's a little bothered by it.

I'm not gonna change my principles. I'm not gonna change anything just to make money.

It's very hard because the sport evolves so fast, changes so fast. So, you have to be there to see the changes that are happening in the moment. That's why I keep training every day. I try to mix myself in all of the academies.

As a professional, I get in a dilemma between sport and entertainment. There's these two sides.

My way of thinking is like that: always positive.

Mousasi is a very tough fighter.

I don't fight without being prepared, even when I lose.

Every time you step into a different cage, you can feel the difference.

Sometimes when you chat about something, a few ideas come up, you go this way or that way in training.

I'm a fan of Fedor, have been a fan since he was in PRIDE, a great champion, and since I like to challenge myself, new challenges, that was one of the offers that came with my move to Bellator. Of course fighting Fedor would be an honor, a dream.

Fighting in Bellator is a dream come true for me.

At middleweight, I started to find an ideal weight for me. I face guys my size, my height, and with my physique.

Every fight has taught me something.

Learning is constant. I learn something new every day.

I try to learn from my losses, see how they can help me in the future.

I won't cling to the past.

Rafael Carvalho deserves a lot of respect and seriousness in my camp.

If you want something, you can get it.

If you lose three or four in a row, people start talking about retirement. They are not used to this sport like they are used to tennis. If you take a look at how many times Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer lost, it's all part of the game. Soccer is no different: teams go through bad times and then rise again.

In karate, there's a lot of respect. In fact, when an opponent accepts to fight me, he's giving me a chance to show my work, so I can't diminish him at all.

Machida Karate is for real combat. Other karate may be not for real combat because there are many rules for the competition, and a lot of the rules aren't good for real combat - you can't do some takedowns, you can't finish the fight on the ground. Machida Karate is very different.

The way I stand and my posture really complicates my opponents; they don't understand it and don't know what to do about. The way I stand there in front of them really throws them off.