Conor McGregor

“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.”

“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.”

“I'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.”

“You might be tough, but you can only be so tough for so long, you know what I mean? The brain can only take so much damage. The body can only take so much damage.”

“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.' 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.”

“My family's lineage, we are warriors. The McGregor clan, we are warriors all through. We are famous all through the world for our fighting capabilities of all generations. So I have no doubt that's stood to me and that led me down this path and gave me what I have.”

“I have a self-defense mind. I've had it all my life.”

“I guess I have a little bit of an ego. I'm confidently cocky, you might say.”

“When you're faced with an opponent, the media asks the questions, and I answer truthfully. I don't hold back.”

“I will fight in many weight divisions.”

“My preparation is about precision. It is a science.”

“I kind of love Cole Miller.”

“Life's a rollercoaster. You're up one minute; you're down one minute. But who doesn't like rollercoasters?”

“It could be if I fight in front of one person or one million people. It's still the same emotions.”

“Some people take defeat and losses a certain way. You see how some fighters take losses.”

“My success isn't a result of arrogance - it's a result of belief.”

“I 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.”

“I run New York City!”

“Even when I was a kid, everything I had was the best.”

“People 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.”