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“You can't compare my background to the Gracies', not only in technique, but in terms of business and marketing.”

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You have to try your best to have peace of mind, and whatever happens you know you did your best

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I know I have a lot of fans, and it's a big mistake try to please everybody.

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Striking isn't just about kicking and punching. It's far more complex than that. It's also about timing and range.

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Everything I did in my life was about the title, but that's too much pressure over me. When I relaxed more, even my performance…

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I would never say 'Demian Maia jiu-jitsu.' I created lots of things that became known, but it's all Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

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I come to grapple.

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My loss to Marquardt was just one of those things. I made a mistake and got caught. I think I had a lot more…

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When you fight MMA, there are so many things involved, so many techniques, that you just can't do everything or you'll over-train.

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Seminars, TV shows, documentaries, always spreading Brazilian jiu-jitsu. I'm an instrument of this art more than a character myself.

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Jiu-jitsu is very 'democratic,' it does not matter how you are physically - it is all about your mind, and a lot of technique.

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Everybody that I fight always avoids jiu-jitsu.

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Mark Zuckerberg is a rich white dude from a really privileged background.

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I have no filmi background.

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