In combat sports, you should retire on top. That is very hard to do. I'm glad I had the discipline to do it.

A lot of time I fight guys and after a few rounds, they accept my dominance. They aren't fighting to win anymore. They're fighting to not lose. I've seen it many times. It's very hard for me to finish a guy like this. He doesn't want to get hurt. It's normal. It's human nature.

People don't understand fighting. They think you just go there and stand in the middle and swing for the fence. People who fight like this are idiots.

I retire from competition with great pride at having had a positive impact on my sport. I intend to keep training and practicing martial arts for as long as I live, and I look forward to watching the new generation of champions carry our sport into the future.

If you lose a race or game in hockey, you lose a game. That's it. If you lose a fight you might lose part of your brain because of the damage.

There's no such thing as the greatest of all time. It doesn't exist. It's an illusion.

There's only one Anderson Silva. I think he's a specialist and a generalist.

I do not believe Michael Bisping is a good trash talker.

I'm not a good talker, I'm a good fighter.

I'm not the kind of guy that really buys clothing. I'm lucky. Most of the time, if I want something, I can get it from my sponsors.