“I've had ups and downs in my career, and if you look at it as a bookma...” — Michael Bisping Quote

I've had ups and downs in my career, and if you look at it as a bookmaker, the odds of me becoming a world champion were never in my favour, but I never stopped believing in myself and never stopped trying.

I think it's just in human nature: if you've got two guys fighting, and you don't really know them, you're going to root for the guy who comes from your country.

Fighting in England, for me, is the height of my career. It really is.

I always wanted to be the champion, and I had belief in myself that I could achieve it. But along the way, of course, you've also got to be a realist. You lose a couple of fights here and there, and you think maybe it's not going to happen.

I came into the UFC five years ago and I was a kid. Now I'm becoming a man in there.

When I was 14 or 15, I was dead-set on becoming a rock star - the same as anybody who picks up a guitar at that age.

Becoming the heavyweight champion is not what I'm dreaming of - it's my goal. It's what I'm planning to do.

I think football is evolving, and I think the role of the keeper is becoming more and more important in the game in general.

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