“I'm under contract. Whatever the UFC asks, I have to do because they a...” — Rafael dos Anjos Quote

I'm under contract. Whatever the UFC asks, I have to do because they are my bosses and they treat me very well. I can't complain about that, and it's this, man: When you have a boss, you need to follow orders.

I want to keep active, so when they called me to fight Nate Diaz, I agreed because I wanted to stay active. I got a little surprised because he was out so long, but he's a tough opponent.

Now that I've achieved my goal to win the belt, I want to be the best of all times. I want to be remembered as the lightweight with most title defenses.

I came from the bottom. Now I'm the main event and UFC champion.

If people think the boss is manipulating them to get them to work harder, it backfires.

I remember aeons ago, when I was working for the Financial Times, I discovered that a male reporter the same age as me but in a more junior role was getting paid 10,000 more than me. I challenged the boss class, and was told 'you don't have a mortgage or a family.'

I won't feel I'm Roman's boss just because I'm his dad. I've never had that relationship with him at all. It wasn't the way we brought him up. We were friends. If Roman did something wrong, I showed that he hurt me rather than telling him off.

I run into so many people who also have psoriasis and share the same feelings as I had. I tell them that it's about being your own boss and of not settling until they find whatever it is that works for them and they have their life look the way they want it to.