Eddie Alvarez

“I'll beat a bunch of good guys, and then I'll get a ton of fans come up to me and go, 'Do you think you can beat Conor McGregor?' And I'm like, 'Oh my God. You guys are disillusioned.' They think because this man's popular he's good.”

“I rarely think that when a guy loses a fight, it's a weight issue. You can either fight, or you can't.”

“It's MMA - anything can happen. You can throw a punch from one knee, a punch from anywhere.”

“I don't need to be told what I am or what I should do or if I beat this guy it means I'm good or if I lose to that guy it means I'm bad. I'm at peace with myself, and I know what I do every day in my training will speak for itself, and success will be a byproduct.”

“I never prepare according to how I feel for a fight. I always prepare to be a better me.”

“I would love, love, love to watch Conor McGregor fight Floyd Mayweather.”

“People say I'm good at standup. I don't even think I'm that great at standup. I just hit hard. I don't think I'm super technical or anything like that. I got a couple knockouts. I think I just hit hard more than anything.”

“I've knocked a ton of guys out. I know the power I have and the advantages I have against the best in the world.”

“It's a fist fight - the idea is to go out there and impose my will.”

“Having your worst nightmares kind of come true is truly liberating.”

“The fighters and the fights are what makes UFC great.”

“If your worst fear can come true, and everything can still be OK, then there's really not much to fear at all.”

“I never take a round off or a run off or a push-up off; that's just not in me.”

“The business aspect of this sport is a contradiction to what it's really about, and that's knowing something for what it is and not just what it looks like.”

“I'm a little unconventional; I do things a little differently.”

“I want to fight Gilbert Melendez.”

“Where in normal neighborhoods, they would play stick ball and hockey and baseball, we used to slap box and bring boxing gloves down the street and box each other.”

“Where most kids play stickball and hockey, I'd walk down the streets with two sets of boxing gloves and knock on my friend's door and see if he wanted to box. There were boxing gyms on every corner.”

“There's a part of martial arts where we need humility and respect.”

“The first time I fought Mike Chandler, I was thinking about money way too much. I was thinking about the end of my contract. My focus was way off. I didn't believe in the people that were guiding me.”