A biography for Dustin Poirierhasn’t been written yet.
“The side of town, the side of Louisiana that I grew up on, there's a lot of poverty.”
“Everybody has their own path. Everybody peaks at different times.”
“Win or lose or draw, you always go back and critique your performance and say you could have done things better. Even if I put the guy away in one round, I can go back and say I made a lot of mistakes and need to tighten up. But that's the type of person I am. Improve. Improve. Improve. When I lose I come back stronger than ever.”
“My goal and path is always to get to the mountaintop and be a world champion, and leave a fighting legacy.”
“There's always the pressure to win. That never goes away, but being a main event, I want to go out there and put on a great show for the fans and live up to being a main event. That doesn't really stress me out or pressure me anymore. The fight is enough.”
“I'm not a quitter, man. Just look at my history.”
“I really work hard to stay in great shape and make weight.”
“I feel like everybody's who fighting, young fighters and still learning and growing, that should be their goal - to be the UFC world champion.”
“I try to work on the small things.”
“I'm not fighting just to fight. I'm fighting to be the world champ.”
“I knew I had the ability to become a world champion, I knew I did. I knew I just needed the opportunity.”
“I'm not the same fighter I used to be.”
“I don't usually talk crap about guys.”
“I have mouths to feed and I want big fights!”
“You can't just go in and say, 'I'm going to be tougher that you,' you know? Heavy bags are tough, but I've never been beat by one.”
“If I would have thought like fans think, I'd be broke and brain dead and fighting everybody every weekend.”
“I'm not a matchmaker, I don't know the logic behind the decisions they make.”
“Adversity teaches a man a lot about himself.”
“I want the title. But these hands are working hands, and sometimes you've got to get them dirty.”
“This is a business. I'm a professional athlete. This isn't, 'poke somebody and start a street fight.'”