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His future
"I'm excited to move forward in my life, and this victory is going to be a huge step in that direction," Jones told FloCombat. "I'm really sick of seeing the narrative and the way promos have been done, but at the same time, I put myself in that situation and I take full responsibility for my actions. I know it's going to take some time and me earning it for the narrative to change. I'm here to put in the work.
"To inspire others to never give up on themselves--that's really the blessing in disguise in this whole thing. It shows people it's never too late. You can be down but you're never out, and there's definitely light at the end of the tunnel.
"I'm happier than ever right now, but it got real dark there for me for a while. It was real ugly. I'm actually seeing a lot of light in my personal life, but as far as my career goes, I'm seeing a little bit of light. I think on July 29 it's going to be shining, shining, shining.
Dealing with his past:
"In my heart that stuff is over because I did my time for all the things I've done, but in the minds of the people, I feel like getting my belt back will help people move on," Jones said. "It will be a point where people realize this guy has been through this, this and that, but he's back where he needs to be. He's back on the throne, and let's see where his future goes from here instead of the focus being the reasons he's not on the throne because of getting in trouble.
"I've done the time and I've forgiven myself for the past. I've had a tremendous amount of punishment that I've had to fight through and stay faithful to the commitments required to resolve them. I feel when this belt comes back peoples' focus will change, and I'm excited for them to start focusing on the brightness of my future rather than the darkness of my past."
Ending the feud with Daniel Cormier
"This rivalry ends at UFC 214 and after [the fight] I honestly have no problem with Daniel Cormier,' Jones said. "If he wants to be friends, be a sportsman and realize I'm just the better fighter, that would be great. It would show a lot about who he is. I doubt he'll do that though based on how he acted the first time I beat him.
"I'd be willing to bet the house he's going to come up with some kind of excuse or reason why he lost this fight. I have friends who are all over social media and they tell me both Luke Rockhold and Cain Velasquez have been injured and haven't been training a lot. I really hope he really doesn't use that as an excuse.
"I'm hoping he can finally look himself in the mirror and say, 'Goddammit...maybe I should have caught Jon Jones back in 2008 when I was failing to make weight at the Olympics. Maybe when I was at that age I was the guy to beat him. Maybe I just tried this thing too late in life.
"I just want him to get honest with himself and be grateful for the time he did get to spend with the belt."
http://www.flocombat.com/article/59161-jon-jones-the-narrative-changes-at-ufc-214#.WW9bU3MpDqA
"I'm excited to move forward in my life, and this victory is going to be a huge step in that direction," Jones told FloCombat. "I'm really sick of seeing the narrative and the way promos have been done, but at the same time, I put myself in that situation and I take full responsibility for my actions. I know it's going to take some time and me earning it for the narrative to change. I'm here to put in the work.
"To inspire others to never give up on themselves--that's really the blessing in disguise in this whole thing. It shows people it's never too late. You can be down but you're never out, and there's definitely light at the end of the tunnel.
"I'm happier than ever right now, but it got real dark there for me for a while. It was real ugly. I'm actually seeing a lot of light in my personal life, but as far as my career goes, I'm seeing a little bit of light. I think on July 29 it's going to be shining, shining, shining.
Dealing with his past:
"In my heart that stuff is over because I did my time for all the things I've done, but in the minds of the people, I feel like getting my belt back will help people move on," Jones said. "It will be a point where people realize this guy has been through this, this and that, but he's back where he needs to be. He's back on the throne, and let's see where his future goes from here instead of the focus being the reasons he's not on the throne because of getting in trouble.
"I've done the time and I've forgiven myself for the past. I've had a tremendous amount of punishment that I've had to fight through and stay faithful to the commitments required to resolve them. I feel when this belt comes back peoples' focus will change, and I'm excited for them to start focusing on the brightness of my future rather than the darkness of my past."
Ending the feud with Daniel Cormier
"This rivalry ends at UFC 214 and after [the fight] I honestly have no problem with Daniel Cormier,' Jones said. "If he wants to be friends, be a sportsman and realize I'm just the better fighter, that would be great. It would show a lot about who he is. I doubt he'll do that though based on how he acted the first time I beat him.
"I'd be willing to bet the house he's going to come up with some kind of excuse or reason why he lost this fight. I have friends who are all over social media and they tell me both Luke Rockhold and Cain Velasquez have been injured and haven't been training a lot. I really hope he really doesn't use that as an excuse.
"I'm hoping he can finally look himself in the mirror and say, 'Goddammit...maybe I should have caught Jon Jones back in 2008 when I was failing to make weight at the Olympics. Maybe when I was at that age I was the guy to beat him. Maybe I just tried this thing too late in life.
"I just want him to get honest with himself and be grateful for the time he did get to spend with the belt."
http://www.flocombat.com/article/59161-jon-jones-the-narrative-changes-at-ufc-214#.WW9bU3MpDqA
