People think hard sparring will get you sharp. And you do get sharp in the gym. But anytime I’ve trained that way, I’ve actually been a little bit flatter in the fight. And the knockout shot hasn’t come. It’s almost because my training has been too hard.
CONOR MCGREGORA good feeling for me is when you train, and then you put on fresh clothes. New clothes after a training session – you have this rush of endorphins from exercise that everybody gets, and then you get that nice feeling of fresh clothes. It’s a double whammy.
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I kind of love Cole Miller.
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Trash talk? Smack talk? This is an American term that makes me laugh. I simply speak the truth. I’m an Irish man.
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I’d love to go into WWE and have a real knock and see what’s what.
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When you’re faced with an opponent, the media asks the questions, and I answer truthfully. I don’t hold back.
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I used to pretend that my Peugeot driving to the gym in the rain in Dublin was a Ferrari on the Vegas strip.
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Glutes are power.
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I am fearless.
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Whether it was in a fight and how to react or whether it was in a stadium with screaming fans or whether I was in a fancy car or the best clothes ever, I always put myself somewhere.
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I have a self-defense mind. I’ve had it all my life.
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I love money because I’ve earned it. I won sixty G’s with my first knockout – and the week before, I was collecting social welfare.
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If people want to believe in this god or that god, that’s fine by me; believe away. But I think we can be our own gods. I believe in myself.
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I never got into training to be an All-Ireland boxing champ or to win a belt. At the start, I just got into it to learn how to defend myself when I got into situations.
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I have the greatest job in the world. I get paid loads of cash for beating the crap out of people. And I’m very good at it.
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Not a lot of people or pros in this game know how to train correctly. That’s why they don’t have a long career. Their body gets banged up. They get into a rhythm of heavy sparring and heavy work, but through that, they’re limiting movement.
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When I do something, I do it full steam ahead.
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