Al Iaquinta

“I don't fight for the UFC. I fight for myself, I fight for my team, for my family.”

“When I have a fight, I look towards that date as, like, 'That's the day I'm gonna die' or something. That's it. There's nothing after that. I'm giving it everything I got on that night.”

“I love fighting, but I'm not gonna ruin my body.”

“It's crazy that a real estate agent on Long Island can make their show money for headlining a five-round fight against a top-six, top-seven guy in the world.”

“It's been documented, Doug Crosby has a long-going feud with - well, not a feud, but whatever, he hates on us, most particularly Ray Longo.”

“I want everybody to be the champion that I beat.”

“I've given up on the UFC getting behind me. So I'm just getting behind myself.”

“I got my personal training, I got my real estate license and I'm living comfortably. I don't need to fight now.”

“This is where I want to be: Main event, Justin Gaethje, guy is tough as nails but he's not unbeatable.”

“I had a knee surgery coming off 'The Ultimate Fighter,' which went pretty good and it held up for a while.”

“I found myself in Russia training a bunch of rich businessmen. I was there for the hottest day ever. I brought three pairs of shorts. Moscow, I think 'Rocky' and Siberia. Then when I get there, it's like 100 degrees.”

“I think Kevin Lee, he's big, he's strong, he's a good wrestler. But his stand up is not there, he's stiff.”

“I train to be dominant the whole fight. But when the going gets tough, I can push through it.”

“A workout is supposed to make you stronger and better. To work out and have it make you hurt more, get more discouraged. That'll put your mind in a bad place.”

“A lot of people, they have families, they have kids, and they have to fight for the money. But I don't have to do that.”

“There's guys that are better than me. Like, Kevin Lee - that was a problem I solved pretty well in 25 minutes. That guy's a tank, but there's a weakness there.”

“I made more money selling real estate when I had a fight coming up.”

“I'm not reliant on the UFC. I can do what I want to do.”

“Every fight is a little step up, a step up in opponent notoriety and quality.”

“That's where I feel the most normal. Everything feels like it's supposed to be. Waking up, coming to the gym, in the gym and helping the younger guys and training myself, giving an example for people to look up to. And also setting goals for myself every day, there's like a reason to wake up.”