“I earned a black belt when I was in high school. And I did a lot of bo...” — Dean Norris Quote

“I earned a black belt when I was in high school. And I did a lot of boxing and full contact karate in college.”

“Investment banks started recruiting at Harvard back in the day, and they'd fly me down to New York City and I was so poor so I would take advantage of the free flight, the per diem, the hotel. And then I would go audition for stuff.”

“When my kids started preschool, the teachers had to take away all the fake bananas because all the boys would pick them up and pretend that they were guns. Boys find sticks to play swords and anything that looks like a gun to shoot. It's just inside of them. It's who they are.”

“It's never been about an opponent. I don't care who it is. Just throw them in front of me and let me do what I have to do. Let me earn the belt.”

“My goal is to keep going out there and defending my belt and stacking up pay cheques to set myself up for the future.”

“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.”