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" From wrestling, I learned that I was capable of much more than I thought I was. "
Eddie Alvarez
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" It's a fist fight - the idea is to go out there and impose my will. "
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" I have a tremendous support from a lot of the Underground fans. They believe in me, they want to see me do well, and they're behind me. But there are a lot of people out there who don't believe it, and so I want to separate perception and reality. I want to be able to do that. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm old school, man. I think, if you want to be the best, then beat the best guys. "
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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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" I can walk into a restaurant and knock five guys out, become 5-0 real quick. It's about the quality of opponent. You have to beat the right guys to call yourself the No. 1 contender. "
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" Where most kids play stickball and hockey, I'd walk down the streets with two sets of boxing gloves and knock on my friend's door and see if he wanted to box. There were boxing gyms on every corner. "
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" 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. "
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" If your worst fear can come true, and everything can still be OK, then there's really not much to fear at all. "
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" I think it's important to say that I am genuinely thankful for the time at Bellator. "
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Think
Time
" 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. "
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Nowhere
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" I want to fight Gilbert Melendez. "
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Gilbert
Want
Fight
" I will do whatever the UFC tells me to do, but there's not a doubt in my mind that I can be champion. "
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Mind
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" We got four-ounce gloves here. It's not hard to knock someone out. "
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" There's a part of martial arts where we need humility and respect. "
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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. "
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Business
Just
" Having your worst nightmares kind of come true is truly liberating. "
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Your
Kind
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" I beat Gilbert Melendez, and he got two shots at the title. "
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Two
Beat
Got
" 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. "
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Career
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" Although I'm shorter, all of my weight I carry in my back and my butt. That's where most of my weight is. "
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Carry
Back
Butt
" 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. "
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" I don't like going to 155; I do it because everyone else does. "
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Everyone
Like
Going
" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Uncomfortable
" These kinds of fights, these big fights that get everyone talking and interested, these are the fights I want. "
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Big
Want
Everyone
" When I fought Nick Thompson, I wasn't experienced enough. That was the first person that put me in a real fight. Before Nick, nobody had put me in a fight where I had to struggle. "
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Me
Enough
Nobody
" I think when it comes to re-signing with an organisation, there's no real compromise if you're trying to move on. "
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Trying
Move On
Compromise
" Every once in awhile, we all get a bad hand dealt to us. "
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