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“I am excited to be a coach. Yesterday was pretty cool being here and getting to pick our teams. It’s kind of like being back in the wrestling room again. These kids are young and eager, and their eyes are just wide open. They’re just excited to be here. I was the UFC heavyweight champion. What other qualifications do you need? You guys can sit there and discredit me, but in my mind, I’ve got just as many fights as Junior. I’ve got a great coaching staff, guys that have been coaching top fighters and wrestlers. I’ve got faith in my people. These guys made me a champion, so why can’t we make this eager young kids into champions? I think we can. I have the staff to be able to teach them. I’m not going to be able to get in there and pound away with these guys, but I’m not sure if any other coaches have done that before anyway. These guys, I would say, don’t have a quarter of the background that myself or my coaching staff has. So if we can’t teach them, then something is wrong.”
HT: Heavy.com