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No matter the natural disaster I've covered, whether it's a wildfire or flood, I always come back with a much greater perspective.

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Something that I take a lot of pride in is my toughness, my ability to be physically and mentally tough, I think that's critical to being a good quarterback.

If what you do in life is perform to open up eyes and minds, to make people laugh, then it better damn well be new! It shouldn't be just a repetitious 'Hey, I'm still here!'

If I'm not focused, that's when I'm going to get in trouble.

Work all paled into the background as soon as I had a baby.

Regardless of the magnitude, the crowd, or the pay-per-view sales, the goal is to beat the guy in front of me.

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All my records have been written to be records, rather than writing a group of songs and seeing if they fit together.

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I was born in Eastern Europe, in Latvia, and I'm fluent in Russian.

I think I'm pretty marketable when it comes to marketing fighters because I've met a lot of them, and they're not that interesting. They don't do too many things, or their days are not like my days.

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I am delighted to be at the heart of this team of radical reformers in Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Nick Boles and many others. It's a team I believe will deliver the change Britain needs.

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