It’s good to make your brain work more than your body.
CONOR MCGREGORIt’s good to make your brain work more than your body.
CONOR MCGREGORI’m committed to the fight game.
CONOR MCGREGORI run New York City!
CONOR MCGREGORWhat someone else does or doesn’t do has no effect on me and what I do.
CONOR MCGREGORI knew I’d be in the UFC since I started my career.
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.
CONOR MCGREGORAny top-level athlete, it’s always the same. There’s always that hint of arrogance there… It’s hard to be humble when you’re the best.
CONOR MCGREGORWhen I do something, I do it full steam ahead.
CONOR MCGREGORI have a self-defense mind. I’ve had it all my life.
CONOR MCGREGORMy unpredictability is what separates me. If you move in so many ways, your opponent is not focused on what he’s doing. He’s focusing in on what you’re doing, and it freezes him. When they freeze and you hit, they shatter like glass.
CONOR MCGREGORI’m not going to get somewhere and say, ‘OK, I’m done.’ Success is never final; I’ll just keep on going.
CONOR MCGREGORMany people don’t understand ring control. They think they do until they’re against someone who really understands how to set traps, how to create holes in the octagon that they fall into.
CONOR MCGREGORWhat can I say? I’m a talker.
CONOR MCGREGORAt 155, I will be the same animal, an even better animal.
CONOR MCGREGORI am not stupid. I am a very bright guy. I know that in the fighting game, you get people who get brain damage and do themselves long-term harm.
CONOR MCGREGORI carry the flag of Ireland all the time. I want to represent my country.
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