I love to deadlift, and it's a huge part of my training because it works every muscle in the body.
MMA in an individual sport, and you're just pushing yourself to be as dangerous as you can be in 15 minutes.
I have no problem putting on a kit, carrying a big sniper rifle, and running a few thousand meters.
Watching everybody have such a fantastic time, loving life, loving America - I wish that was the feeling year-round, that it didn't take the Fourth of July for us to be like, 'Yeah, America is awesome.'
When you're in Ranger School, it sucks. You're not eating; you're not sleeping. You're marching miles - for months at a time. It's horrible.
I know I'm not a marquee name, and I'm looked past by most guys.
My military service has nothing to do with what I do in the ring.
I am a nice guy. I love having a good time. I love cooking. I love hanging out with my friends.
Everyone knows who I am; everyone respects me as a shooter, as an operator, as a soldier... I'm always truthful, I'm always honest, and I'm always trying to do the right thing.
I really want to demonstrate I'm not to be overlooked anymore.
There are some parallels between 'Zombieland' and 'Range 15,' except 'Zombieland,' with Woody Harrelson, there's this pleasurable fun in every scene.
MMA has a referee, and you're wearing gloves. I'm in there with another volunteering participant that's out there to win some prize money.
Peacetime Special Forces are different than wartime Special Forces. And I'm just not sure I was born to be in peace time.
That's part of my military character, I think. You back one of us into a corner, and you can only expect one thing: us coming at you like wild, rabid dogs.
I'm an eight-year Green Beret, Ranger, sniper.
People want to hear what I do with Special Forces, as a ranger, as a sniper. And I'm like 'What does that have to do with fighting?' Let's talk about fighting. They couldn't be more different; there's nothing similar about them.
I make, like, three or four times more when I don't fight than when I do fight. And, I'm one of the higher-paid guys in the UFC, which is remarkably tragic and pathetic.
I love the idea of what America is. America is a bunch of people that do these incredible, thankless, selfless jobs that nobody really knows about that makes that American dream possible.
I always have that nagging feeling of wanting to go back and getting my long gun back and be a sniper on a Special Forces ODA, which is the greatest job in the world, but I have some goals in MMA that I set out to do, and I'm not going to stop until I get them.
When 9/11 happened, I was like, 'I gotta do something.' I went and talked to the recruiters, and I found out about the Special Forces 18X program. They take qualified people off the street, and they give them a shot at Special Forces. I was like, 'So I could go try out for Special Forces?'
