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" 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. "

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

Eddie Alvarez

Truth Is

Anything

Know

" 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 not here if Bill Hunter never forced my hand in wrestling. It was a pivotal point in my life. "

" With MTV2, every fighter is exposed to millions of people, and they won't have to take a monster pay cut to do so. "

" The first time I fought Mike Chandler, I was thinking about money way too much. I was thinking about the end of my contract. My focus was way off. I didn't believe in the people that were guiding me. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I beat Gilbert Melendez, and he got two shots at the title. "

" I know what I can do at 155. "

Eddie Alvarez

I Can

Know

" 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. "

Eddie Alvarez

Top

You

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

" 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

" 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. "

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

Eddie Alvarez

Fight

Fist

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

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

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

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

Eddie Alvarez

Bad

Dealt

" 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. "

" From wrestling, I learned that I was capable of much more than I thought I was. "

Eddie Alvarez

Much

Capable

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

" 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 won my first 10 fights by knockout. The money was getting larger at the same time. "

" 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. "

Eddie Alvarez

Top

Myself

" I want to prove the naysayers wrong. They're everywhere. And to be honest with you, they're all I see, and they're what motivates me. "

" Fighting, for me, is not a career - it's an opportunity. I'm going to take full advantage of it and do it as long as I can. As long as my body lets me and I'm healthy enough to do it naturally, I'll do it. "

" 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 think sports is a quest to find out what really is - not what perceptions are. "

" I think bullying in general is for cowards. "