Jon Jones

“You have to turn the lemons life gives you into lemonade, and you have to take time to sit back and enjoy it.”

“To see my little brother Chandler outdoing me, it's great; I want to be able to cross-market and feed off his star power.”

“I grew up originally in Rochester. It was where I was born and a very tough neighbourhood with a lot of violence. I consider myself lucky. When I was aged 11, in 1998, Dad moved us to a subu...”

“I'm not saying Gustafsson isn't a champion. He's not the champion that I am. He's not a champion at all. I've won the belt seven times. He got tapped out by Phil Davis and lost to me fair an...”

“When you say, 'When you're wrong, you're wrong,' I would 100 percent agree. I've always handled my punishments head on.”

“A lot of coaches in MMA focus on MMA wrestling. My coach, his high school team is ranked 10th in the nation. Izzy Martinez is very connected to the wrestling community.”

“There's never been a southpaw fighter to make it five rounds with me. These are championship fights, and most of them can't even make it out of the normal rounds. Fought Chael Sonnen, TKOed...”

“My parents always kept us in the house. We weren't allowed to spend the night at other people's houses. We were sheltered kids.”

“I will get out there and train harder than anyone, five times a day sometimes. You have to be a special person to do that - like, special forces, military maybe.”

“I just would hate to have to fight my own teammate. I would never want to.”

“Life is supposed to be about love and good times, and so I've forgiven myself after paying the consequences of my bad decisions, and I'm ready to move forward and allow my life to be a light...”

“Just staying healthy, that is true wealth and true happiness.”