While wrestling in college as ...

While wrestling in college as a junior it came to a point where wrestling just wasn't enough for me anymore. I love wrestling, but I felt like I was missing something, and so the striking part about MMA, the boxing and kickboxing, was what got me really interested in MMA. I saw it on TV and I just knew that I wanted to do it.
 Cain Velasquez

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I think if something's wrong with me, I just kind of work through it. That's my mentality.
 Cain Velasquez
The mentality is nonstop, to work for what you want, your mind keeping your body in the best shape possible.
 Cain Velasquez
Every Mexican fighter has the heart; they work hard with their training, and they never give up. That's the mentality I always had and always saw growing up.
 Cain Velasquez