Jon Jones “I’m the nicest person ever, and I know that for a fact”

“I’m not going to say I’ve embraced the role of being a villain because I’m not a villain,” Jones said today. “I’m not a bad person. I pride myself on inspiring others.”

“I’m going to start making comments of things I think are true and get more comfortable with myself, and it’s a crazy journey,” he said. “I’m not used to people hanging on every word that I say, and everything I tweet is like a new article, or everything I say is a new article. But I’ve got to be comfortable with myself, man. I never had an official PR training, nor do I want one. I want to express who I am as a person, and this is who I am.”

“As a person, I’m the nicest dude ever to everyone who’s ever met me,” he said. “You go to the fan expos, and everyone who leaves Jon Jones’ line is happy. When I meet people every day on the streets, I’m the nicest person. Every day when I walk into Jackson’s gym, I hand out boxes of equipment; I order stuff all the time for my teammates and give it out.

“I’m the nicest person ever, and I know that for a fact. I’m comfortable with myself when it comes to that.”

“For all the people that think I’m cocky, if you really listen to what I say…if you talk to me about fighting, you may just hear something that’s a little arrogant,” Jones said, “Because right now, I train so hard to not even get hit, let alone talk about losing a fight. So, I love this sport so much, I owe it to myself to think of myself in the highest regard.

“So I’m not going to apologize if I’m a little full of myself when it comes to MMA. Because you’ve got to be full of yourself. That’s the way you master yourself. You master your abilities. To be the biggest critic of yourself, and to be able to praise yourself and speak highly of yourself. I’m not apologetic about that, that slight arrogance that I may hold when it comes to being a martial artist.”

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