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" I like to keep a high pace, violent fight. I don't like to waste time, and I don't like to go to the judges. I feel like I've fought long enough where I can adapt to just about any situation. "

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" I'm my own biggest critic, so no matter what was being said in the media or being said by fans, I feel the worst when I disappoint myself. "

Eddie Alvarez

Feel

Media

My Own

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

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

" 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. "

Eddie Alvarez

Push

Proud

" 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. "

" These kinds of fights, these big fights that get everyone talking and interested, these are the fights I want. "

" The truth is, a large majority of the market, I'd guess 80 percent, doesn't know anything more than what they are sold. "

" 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. "

" 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 would love, love, love to watch Conor McGregor fight Floyd Mayweather. "

" I've said it from the very beginning: Fighting the best guys in the world doesn't pay as good as the circus. I want to join the circus. I'm trying to get that circus money. "

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

Eddie Alvarez

Fight

Best

" I'm a little unconventional; I do things a little differently. "

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

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

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

Eddie Alvarez

Promotion

Want

" Where in normal neighborhoods, they would play stick ball and hockey and baseball, we used to slap box and bring boxing gloves down the street and box each other. "

" 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 want to fight Gilbert Melendez. "

" I think when it comes to re-signing with an organisation, there's no real compromise if you're trying to move on. "

" 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. "

Eddie Alvarez

Think

God

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I like to be with my back against the wall in dangerous situations. "

" 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. "

" I will fight whoever the UFC wants me to fight. "

Eddie Alvarez

Wants

Fight

" If your worst fear can come true, and everything can still be OK, then there's really not much to fear at all. "

Eddie Alvarez

True

Everything

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

" I don't want to go that route where I'm going into fights dehydrated. I used to fight at 170 pounds. I was 10-0 at 170 with eight knockouts. I'm not going to listen to somebody from the outside tell me what weight I should be fighting at. "