A biography for Yair Rodriguezhasn’t been written yet.
“I try to save myself from as much impact as I can possibly have to my head.”
“Once you're a fighter you can not feel bad over a guy. You have to keep on kicking him, no matter what.”
“Reactionally, we'll be there and you won't forget how to fight. You get more time to prepare for yourself. It's nothing crazy taking some time off and coming back.”
“I'm an MMA fighter, bro. It's what I do, it's what I live for. This is what brings food to my table and I train everyday, seven days a week.”
“I think Josh Emmett is right there. I have said before that he could fight for the title, I could fight for the title.”
“I never overestimate my opponents.”
“Stylistically, talking about styles, Brian Ortega is a super hard opponent and he's a really explosive guy.”
“You know you're going to get hit when you fight and if you don't want to get hit, you shouldn't be in this sport.”
“I speak Spanish and English.”
“That's the reason why you don't make it to the fights because you go in there, and you want to show off in the gym with someone else and then there are injuries.”
“I'm not the kind of fighter who's going to ask for a guy next. I'm just not that kind of guy.”
“Training is training, fighting is fighting. It's two different things.”
“B.J. Penn is a two-time former champion, two different weight classes. Few people can achieve that in their careers.”
“I used to think differently. Before, it was 'Oh, I have to get the title.' That mindset is kind of gone.”
“I'm OK with whatever, people are always going to talk and think or say or do things, but my job is to show them different all the time. That's what I'm here for.”
“Anybody could fight for the title, it's just a matter of timing.”
“My father taught me how to win and how to lose, and I'm always respectful no matter what happens.”
“When I die, I want my name to stay here just like Muhammad Ali did. I want to be that guy. I want to be the guy who your kids or your friends' kids follow because I don't have any tattoos.”
“I read a lot of books and I've read a lot about how to understand and interpret body language. I've studied that.”
“I'm a different kind of fighter. I can fight whatever, whoever I want.”