I want to be an expert in different fighting styles, new training methods, new ways of thinking.
CONOR MCGREGORI want to be an expert in different fighting styles, new training methods, new ways of thinking.
CONOR MCGREGORYou beat him verbally. You beat him mentally, and then finally, you beat him physically. That’s the three ways to beat a man.
CONOR MCGREGORLife’s a rollercoaster. You’re up one minute; you’re down one minute. But who doesn’t like rollercoasters?
CONOR MCGREGORI wish everyone well, but you need to focus on yourself. You need to stop putting your hand out. Everyone wants hand outs. Everyone wants things for free.
CONOR MCGREGORTrash talk? Smack talk? This is an American term that makes me laugh. I simply speak the truth. I’m an Irish man.
CONOR MCGREGORIf you are surrounded by your competition and you are outworking these people, outmaneuvering these people, it’s hard not to let your confidence take over. It just builds and builds and builds.
CONOR MCGREGORPeople are so caught in a routine, doing the same things over and over.
CONOR MCGREGORI’ve learned new footwork patterns that are very unusual. I’ve learned how to find a lower centre of gravity, and I’ve found more angles to throw shots.
CONOR MCGREGORWe come bulletproof in Ireland. We’re reared tough, and we fight.
CONOR MCGREGORI think I am the greatest fighter in any class. I know I can hold two, maybe even three belts.
CONOR MCGREGORIf they let people go fight jiu-jitsu tournaments, they can’t stop me going to fight a boxing fight.
CONOR MCGREGORI see fighters make funny videos about me and stick them on Facebook and get 20 likes.
CONOR MCGREGORWhen I do something, I do it full steam ahead.
CONOR MCGREGORI knew I’d be in the UFC since I started my career.
CONOR MCGREGORThe left paw has done me well over the years. I’m not a scientist, I’m a martial artist.
CONOR MCGREGORI 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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