Cain Velasquez

I'm not a boxer.

— Cain Velasquez

Fighting is what I love to do.

— Cain Velasquez

I loved football as a kid.

— Cain Velasquez

When I train, I train well.

— Cain Velasquez

I fight with a lot of heart.

— Cain Velasquez

There's nobody better than me, especially Junior Dos Santos.

— Cain Velasquez

I think you learn a lot from losses.

— Cain Velasquez

Both my parents came into the United States from Mexico.

— Cain Velasquez

Don't bad-mouth me and then try to be my friend.

— Cain Velasquez

For me, 240 is my target weight.

— Cain Velasquez

I have the Mexican blood. I'm proud to be Mexican.

— Cain Velasquez

I am listening more to my body and maintaining it.

— Cain Velasquez

If you lose, what can you do to get better and learn from it?

— Cain Velasquez

People know that if I'm 100 percent going into the fight, that there's no one out there that can touch me.

— Cain Velasquez

You have to set up the right technique to get that takedown. It can't just be any shot. You have to really…

— Cain Velasquez

Do I think my wrestling is the best? No, I think it's up there around the top.

— Cain Velasquez

I've always loved competing; I've always loved working out - and wrestling, of course.

— Cain Velasquez

Personally, most of my injuries were ones that I sustained during fights in the UFC, not in practice.

— Cain Velasquez

That's how fighters get better. They watch film, and they work on what they need to work on.

— Cain Velasquez

To say I was looking forward to fighting in Mexico for the first time is an understatement.

— Cain Velasquez

Things happen for some reason. I don't know what, but I just think about the positives, focus on getting better, and that's…

— Cain Velasquez

I didn't see anybody in the media or on TV that played sports that looked like me. I didn't have those things…

— Cain Velasquez

My dad had to quit school when he was in third grade. My mom had to quit school. They didn't know what…

— Cain Velasquez

Once I started wrestling, I really got into it, and I just knew that I wanted to do that - I wanted…

— Cain Velasquez

I know I can eat a lot. Normally, at home, I finish my steak, eat the rest of my fiancee's steak, and…

— Cain Velasquez

I'm not really too big of a sports fan. Everything I watch is MMA, you know, great fights. But other sports, not…

— Cain Velasquez

Fight night, I have to go out there and perform. I have to go out there and do what I've been trained…

— Cain Velasquez

When you talk about me as a fighter, I like being known as a Mexican fighter. I think 'Mexican' or 'Hispanic' should…

— Cain Velasquez

You can't dwell on the past and be down on yourself because you lost. You have to take the positive away from…

— Cain Velasquez

There is always a possibility that you could lose, because the outcome isn't written yet: you have to go out and write…

— Cain Velasquez

Coaches would have me in the gym do 1,000 kicks for a practice. I would do them until everyone was gone, until…

— Cain Velasquez

This whole thing is - our window to be able to fight and make money is very short. It's a short window…

— Cain Velasquez

The Latino people in the U.S. and the Mexicans in Mexico need a UFC champion. We have a rich tradition in boxing,…

— Cain Velasquez

Not being active, your name doesn't go out there as much, and you lose the popularity thing. Also, you're not able to…

— Cain Velasquez

For every new guy, you need to change a few things in the way you train, the way you take every fight.…

— Cain Velasquez

While wrestling in college as a junior, it came to a point where wrestling just wasn't enough for me anymore. I love…

— Cain Velasquez

The hardest fights I've had have been in the gym, not in the cage. It keeps you motivated. One day, you'll go…

— Cain Velasquez

Heath Herring is tough as nails, and he fights hard.

— Cain Velasquez

Hard work and sacrifice can get you a long way.

— Cain Velasquez

I take my health and the longevity of my career very seriously.

— Cain Velasquez