A biography for Rory MacDonaldhasn’t been written yet.
“The Lord has blessed me the skills to fight and be an example of how God has transformed my life for the good.”
“I stick to my principles.”
“I have to do what I have to do when I fight. That's all within my hands. That's what's in my control.”
“I know what kind of fighter I am, and I want to compete against the best.”
“You can't always believe what you hear. Things change so often in this sport, you'd be a fool if you believed everything that came out.”
“I'm not big into drama.”
“You know what? Life's not about money.”
“I try to live in the moment and I learn from my losses.”
“I don't consider myself a fighter first any more like I used to,' he explained. 'I was all fight, all fight. And then I met my wife and basically shortly after I was going to church, things like that. Before you know it I was baptized. I accepted Christ as my lord and saviour. And things really changed.”
“I'm a rough guy and I like it when fights get tough.”
“When you're training every day, you kind of have to have the eye of the tiger. It's like eat, sleep, you've got to be like chewing on steel kind of thing for six weeks. It hardens your body, hardens your mind.”
“I fight for myself, not for someone else's opinion.”
“The Lord has given me peace and freedom from the pain that haunted me in my heart from my younger years. I would only satisfy myself for a short period of time from winning fights until the feeling would resonate in me again.”
“I've always wanted to be in a tournament since I was a little guy in this sport.”
“I'm sponsored by Reebok and I appreciate everything they've done for me. They do a lot for me on a daily basis and they've actually been great.”
“Anywhere I go, anywhere I fight it doesn't matter who's watching or whatever, it's me fighting and there's one guy in the cage you know, that I have to worry about and that's it.”
“I'm not here to try and impress anyone or make anyone mad, I'm just going in there and doing what I love, and hopefully people can appreciate what I'm there for, and I'm not trying to be Hollywood star or a Hollywood personality or something.”
“Win or lose, I know I bring a lot to the table.”
“Montreal is not what I'm used to. I'm used to big mountains and the outdoors. I'm not much of a city guy.”
“I want to be a two-division champion.”