So far, I don't know what it means to be the champion. I'm just glad I have the belt.
Your work is to keep cranking the flywheel that turns the gears that spin the belt in the engine of belief that keeps you and your desk in midair.
Who doesn't wanna be called champion and hang that belt on the wall, right?
Liam Smith hasn't got a belt, but I can get excited about that fight. If they pay me seven figures for the fight, I'll take that fight.
Some people win 10, 15, and don't fight for the belt.
A champion without his belt is like a knight without his sword. I've got to have it.
I don't care who I'm fighting if I'm not fighting for the title.
I'm a champion and I fight like a champion with or without that belt.
I dream of getting to the belt. I know I'm gonna get there. I'm gonna be the champion.
When you are challenging for the world title, you've got to go into the lion's den to try and rip that belt away from the champion.
Its Not a Belt, its a Championship Title!
I think things will come once I get the respect that I deserve. Keeping my belt for a long time... Things will happen like normal. I can't force those things.
Ronda knows what's like to have this belt, she knows the power this belt has.
I didn't get any crazy sponsors. I don't have any extra sponsors since I got the belt.
I represent Brazil with the flag and the belt.
I bought a house after the Loveland fight. I wanted something grown up like an elephant or some flowers to put on the mantel. I decided I need a UFC belt.
It doesn't matter about the man behind the belt. For me, it's about the title.
I definitely want to defend my 145 belt.
I need that 147-pound belt.
I will always fight tough fights, and that's what I need in order to get to the belt.
There's a lot of ways to win a belt, but taking it from a champion is very important to me.
At some point, if the UFC allows me, I'd like to go to 125 because I know I can win that belt, man. I'm too strong, and I'm too fast.
Anyone with a belt in my weight division I want to fight.
When you become a world champion and you defend your title for five or six years, and you have fifteen defences of your title, and you round up most of the other belts - and you feel you're the best of your generation at the time - nobody can take that away from you.
I'm definitely an active champion. I'm looking forward to defending my belt as many times as possible.
