What can I say? I’m a talker.
CONOR MCGREGORPeople like to blame others. I think a person should just look at their own situation, look around them, find out what they wish to do, and seek and go and do that. And that’s it.
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I carry the flag of Ireland all the time. I want to represent my country.
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I am in the fighting game. I don’t care about anything else. I don’t watch the news, I don’t care about politics,
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I believe in believing. My coach John Kavanagh is a big atheist, and he is always trying to persuade people to his way of thinking, and I think, ‘What a waste of energy.’
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I have a deep, deep belief that if I tell you I’m going to crack you with a clean shot to the chin inside one minute of the first round and you will be unconscious, well, then that’s what will happen.
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When I say something’s going to happen, it’s going to happen.
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If they let people go fight jiu-jitsu tournaments, they can’t stop me going to fight a boxing fight.
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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 don’t care about other sports. I don’t care about anything I don’t need to care about. This is my sport: it is my life. I study it; I think about it all the time. Nothing else matters.
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I see fighters make funny videos about me and stick them on Facebook and get 20 likes.
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I guess I have a little bit of an ego. I’m confidently cocky, you might say.
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Competition gives me energy. It keeps me focused.
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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.
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To do anything to a high level, it has to be total obsession.
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I’m in the game of spinning plates. I’m spinning a boxing plate. I’m spinning a Tae Kwon Do plate. I’m spinning a Jujitsu plate. I’m spinning a freestyle wrestling plate. I’m spinning a karate plate. If I was to put all them down and have one boxing plate spinning, it would be like a load off my shoulders.
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What someone else does or doesn’t do has no effect on me and what I do.
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I’m focusing on me. I’m focusing on my family’s security, my family’s financial security, so that’s all I can do.
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A lot of people cry and complain and put their hand out and beg. It never goes well.
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Even when I was a kid, everything I had was the best.
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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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Many 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.
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I’m going to change the way martial arts is viewed. I’m going to change the game. I’m going to change the way people approach fighting.
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The more you seek the uncomfortable, the more you will become comfortable.
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Life is about growing and improving and getting better.
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My preparation is about precision. It is a science.
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I want to negotiate what I’m worth. I want to put my analytics forward, man-to-man, and to be like, ‘This is what I’m owed now. Pay me.’ And then we can talk.
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I sleep people. I put people unconscious. I’m stating facts.
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