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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" The most comical thing for me, even when I watch movies, is the guy who's so crazy confident about himself, with the mink jacket - to me, that is so funny. I wish I could be like that. As a fighter, I wish I could do that, so I could make people laugh. But I can't; it's not my style. "

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

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

" Going in there just to win and put on a boring fight, I don't want to be related to anything like that. "

" I started this fight career with one objective. When I step inside a ring or an octagon, it is to beat the guy in front of me. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I had to fight Donald Cerrone, Anthony Pettis, Gil Melendez, Rafael Dos Anjos. I had to fight these guys in order to prove myself in order to get a title shot. "

" The more dangerous the opponent, the better fight I've fought. It always made me move in ways I'd never moved before. "

" The fans, man, the fans have a little different way of thinking. They really applaud the spirit of fighters, and that put a huge influence on the type of energy I fought with, rather than if I won or lost. America's a real win-or-lose culture, where with the Japanese, fighting with spirit is enough. "

" I want an opportunity to fight the best in the world and make millions of dollars doing it. "

" I'm looking to grab the UFC and pull them back in the direction of Philadelphia. "

" I want the best guys the promotion has to offer, put them in front of me, and I'll beat them. "

" If they could put us all in a tournament, that'd be the best way, but they're not going to do that here at the UFC. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" Regardless of the magnitude, the crowd, or the pay-per-view sales, the goal is to beat the guy in front of me. "

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

" Me? I'm no sob story. I get paid well, and I live comfortably. "

" As far as Nurmagomedov, I just don't get how you become the No. 1 contender without actually fighting guys who are ranked in the top 10. It kind of baffles me. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" When I say 'fighter,' I am thinking about how you deal with adversity, how you deal with being in bad situations. "