Any 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 MCGREGORThere’s people that tried to celebrate when I lost that got nothing to do with it. That’s not the sign of a champion.
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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 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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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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If I hit a man, his head is gonna go into the bleachers.
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I am fearless.
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What can I say? I’m a talker.
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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 always teach myself calm and visualization stuff.
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People say that I’m a boxer. I actually started with kick boxing, and then I moved onto boxing, and then I moved onto grappling.
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Boxing is limited fighting with a specific rule set. Fighting is true, where you can do anything.
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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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I’ll die a crazy old man!
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I think it’s an Irish thing. We don’t really care. We say it as we mean it, and you have to deal with it. The truth is the truth.
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I’m committed to the fight game.
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You might win some, you might lose some. But you go in, you challenge yourself, you become a better man, a better individual, a better fighter.
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My 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.
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I’ve read a lot of books on the laws of attraction, and in my home, I have a big book on Muhammad Ali, which I’ve read because he is, like, a hero of mine, but other than that, no, I’m not a big reader.
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The same way as failure never being fatal. Just keep going. I’m going to the stars and then past them.
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I don’t look at a man who’s expert in one area as a specialist. I look at him as a rookie in ten other areas.
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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’m just a kid that defied the odds. I’m just a kid that ignored the doubt. I’m just a kid from a little place in Dublin, Ireland, that went all the way, and I’m going to continue to go all the way.
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There’s many ups and downs in the fight game.
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The thing about the truth is, not a lot of people can handle it.
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My dream is to be World Lightweight Champion in the UFC. Have more money than I know what to do with. And have a great life for my kids, grandkids, and everyone in my family.
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I want to be an expert in different fighting styles, new training methods, new ways of thinking.
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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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