A biography for Eddie Alvarezhasn’t been written yet.
“The right thing to do is just ask what you can give, and then let things manifest in the time they're supposed to.”
“I don't have a nickname. But, hey, they can call me what they want - The Silent Assassin, The Underground King. In Japan, they call me American Knuckle Star. Call me what you want.”
“With MTV2, every fighter is exposed to millions of people, and they won't have to take a monster pay cut to do so.”
“I won my first 10 fights by knockout. The money was getting larger at the same time.”
“If I can put the right guy with the right mouthpiece in front of the right opponents, we can build a champion, but he doesn't really have to beat the best guys; we just have to give him the right matchups.”
“I'm my own biggest critic, so no matter what was being said in the media or being said by fans, I feel the worst when I disappoint myself.”
“I enjoy fights the most once them nerves go away and you settle into the fight. That's when you can have your fun and be creative and just kind of be yourself.”
“I believe that in order for me to consider myself one of the top ranked lightweights in the world, I have to go out and dominate the fight.”
“I think when it comes to re-signing with an organisation, there's no real compromise if you're trying to move on.”
“I really didn't want to enter the UFC in a fight that nobody really cared about or where people thought I was just going to whoop some guy.”
“I like to keep a high pace, violent fight. I don't like to waste time, and I don't like to go to the judges. I feel like I've fought long enough where I can adapt to just about any situation.”
“The idea is to go out there and win in a dominant fashion. That changes people's minds, the way they're thinking about me, and lets people know I'm here to contend for a title.”
“Out of nowhere, they made an interim belt and had Lee fight Ferguson. This is very odd for me; what went on there? You know. I don't know what went on there.”
“There's a lot of guys in the UFC who are good at one thing, and they get matched up stylistically well.”
“Fighting, for me, is not a career - it's an opportunity. I'm going to take full advantage of it and do it as long as I can. As long as my body lets me and I'm healthy enough to do it naturally, I'll do it.”
“I was never the most technical; I was never the best at one aspect at this sport, but what I was always good as was negating people's strengths and putting them in terrible situations where they're uncomfortable.”
“The longer I'm in this sport, the more I realize that it's not about the wins and losses that makes you a good fighter. It's about putting the time in and fighting the best guys possible and going after them. The outcome will take care of itself.”
“If you're not successful at a certain weight, it rarely has anything to do with gaining or losing 10 pounds. It's something inside of you that you need to fix in order to win. It rarely has anything to do with cutting 10 pounds.”
“Fighting in general, but especially when I was younger, was tough to deal with because there are so many external things going on that want to control you that most people have no clue about.”
“I've said it from the very beginning: Fighting the best guys in the world doesn't pay as good as the circus. I want to join the circus. I'm trying to get that circus money.”