Eddie Alvarez Quotes

"I think bullying in general is for cowards."

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

"Every once in awhile, we all get a bad hand dealt to us."

"I think it's important to say that I am genuinely thankful for the time at Bellator."

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

"The fighters and the fights are what makes UFC great."

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

"There's not a single strike that good preparation can't negate."

"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."

"It's hard when you win the title to not think, 'I'm here. Now what do I do?'"

"When I joined UFC, I said I want to be involved in fights where millions of fans are watching, biting their fingernails, thinking, 'What the heck is going to go on here?'"

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

"Conor McGregor - this guy is so offensive minded and never on the defense that whenever you put him on the defense, he gets so flustered and so upset."

"I'm proud of both sides, and they are both really well known to be fighting heritages, so I tell everyone all the time - they say, 'What are you'? - I say I'm Irish. I'm Puerto Rican. I guess I was born to fight."

"I'm a whole lot more than just Spanish or Irish or whatever, but definitely, it's given me help. It's given me a push, and I'm very proud of my Spanish heritage."

"I've got the fighting Irish, and Puerto Ricans are some of the best fighters in the world. I'm proud of who I am, but it doesn't define me as a person."

"I don't like going to 155; I do it because everyone else does."

"We got four-ounce gloves here. It's not hard to knock someone out."

"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."

"Although I'm shorter, all of my weight I carry in my back and my butt. That's where most of my weight is."

"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 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."

"There's a lot of guys in the UFC who are good at one thing, and they get matched up stylistically well."

"I've been fighting the best guys, so I would like a gimme fight."

"In this sport, the good thing about the UFC and MMA in general is a lot of it's based on perception."

"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."

"You win a world title, you beat the best guys in the world, and a lot of these fans are kind of misconstrued about who are the best fighters in the world."

"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."

"The fights for me are always about what you cannot see, the intangibles. It's about what's inside - what really is inside."

"I boxed. I did track and field; I did basketball, football, any sport I was able to sign up for."