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Carlos Condit is an American mixed martial artist who has competed in various promotions, including the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He has achieved success in the welterweight division and is known for his aggressive fighting style and well-rounded skills. Condit's accomplishments in mixed martial arts have made him a respected figure in the sport and a fan favorite.

I think Johny Hendricks has a puncher's chance. He's obviously a big puncher. He's got the power to make it a short night for GSP, but I feel like GSP is going to out-technique Johny Hendricks.

With Georges, you've got to get in there and do what you have to do to win. I don't care how you win. That's from a fighter's perspective. You've got to get in there and win the fight.

The high-profile fights are what matter to me because I have a family to take care of. That's how I put food on the table. That's my job.

Just because a musician writes a great album doesn't mean they don't want to continue writing great music.

I want to avenge my losses. I want to avenge as ma... -Carlos Condit

I want to avenge my losses. I want to avenge as many losses as I can.

While I'm in training camp, I don't do a whole lot of live wrestling, because I feel like that's where most of my injuries occur.

It's not what you say or how you act. At the end of the day, when all is said and done, it's what you do when the bell rings that really matters.

The more dangerous my opponent is, the better I fi... -Carlos Condit

The more dangerous my opponent is, the better I fight.

Getting through these camps, sometimes you're held together with paper clips and bubble gum and tape. You just kind of get in there and you make it work because if you pull out of a fight, you don't get paid.

I know what it is to feel like you've gotten into a 60-mile-an-hour car accident after a fight. It's pretty rough. It's why we are where we are. We get paid to fight the best in the world and that's something you know going in is part of it.

When I fought GSP and knocked him down I got reall... -Carlos Condit

When I fought GSP and knocked him down I got really excited and punched myself out.

I'm just an average, normal guy.... -Carlos Condit

I'm just an average, normal guy.

Even when I a kid, a lot of my wrestling practices were agility. My best seasons were the seasons when we would spend 45 minutes or an hour each practice doing agility drills, making you a better athlete. And then you can plug those skills into whatever athletic endeavor you end up pursuing.

My endurance has always been a strong point of min... -Carlos Condit

My endurance has always been a strong point of mine... I think that has helped me in my fights.

You know that when you fight a guy like Georges, there are going to be a lot of demands on your time and you just have to be able to find a way to deal with it. The most important thing is, I can't let my obligations to promote the fight interfere with my obligation to get ready to fight.

Georges is a guy I've looked up to since I was a k... -Carlos Condit

Georges is a guy I've looked up to since I was a kid, before the UFC.

My best friend from up the street, another really tough kid, we'd box every day after school, starting around 6th or 7th grade. We would go in the backyard, and we would slug out. We'd box until we got tired or until somebody quit. Other kids would come over, and they would want to box. Most of the time they didn't fare too well.

I proved that I can compete with the best in the w... -Carlos Condit

I proved that I can compete with the best in the world.

I am gradually building my career fighting tougher... -Carlos Condit

I am gradually building my career fighting tougher and tougher opponents.

I feel like I just have the ability to threaten from any position, whether we're standing or the fight is on the ground.

On a regular day, something is hurting. It varies more or less. Seems like I heal pretty quickly and get over stuff, or I'm just used to dealing with stuff.

There are a lot of different things we have in the tool box in every different fight, but depending on the matchup we decide what we are going to take out and kind of play with.

I have a lot of things I want to do in my life.... -Carlos Condit

I have a lot of things I want to do in my life.

I've had the interim belt before and that little i... -Carlos Condit

I've had the interim belt before and that little interim specification bothers me.

People hear my dad is involved in politics, and all of a sudden I went to private school and had a nanny. There's a misconception that my dad, that our family is some kind blue-blood family... If people knew my friends, talked to anybody I grew up with, knew anybody from my old neighborhood, they'd know that's really, really far from the truth.

In high school we'd grapple on my friend's trampoline for hours. Sometimes we'd have a party at a house. We'd take challenge matches and throw down with different people. By we, I mean me. My friends usually just watched until the other guy's friends jumped in.

This career affords me the opportunity to accumula... -Carlos Condit

This career affords me the opportunity to accumulate money, power and respect.

I've always been a big fan of Georges. I've admired his style and kind of the way he carries himself, and I'm honored to get in there and challenge him for the belt and step in the cage with him.

I love MMA. I will be involved in some capacity, or in various capacities within the sport, after my fighting career is over.

I want to be that No. 1 guy in the WEC and UFC.... -Carlos Condit

I want to be that No. 1 guy in the WEC and UFC.

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