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" 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. "

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" 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?' "

Eddie Alvarez

Watching

Fans

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. "

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

" You don't want to be in a fight of the year. It takes years off your life. But, it's why fans tune in; it's why people gravitate toward your fights. It's why people want to watch you fight. It's important to get into them, but it's important to try not to get into too many of them. "

" I enjoy fights the most once them nerves go away and you settle into the fight. That's when you can have your fun and be creative and just kind of be yourself. "

" The longer I'm in this sport, the more I realize that it's not about the wins and losses that makes you a good fighter. It's about putting the time in and fighting the best guys possible and going after them. The outcome will take care of itself. "

" Money is always a motivating factor, but money has never been my driving force. In my first fight, I paid the promoter in order for me to fight. I was in the hole 300 bucks for that. Money has always been a byproduct of me doing something I love. "

Eddie Alvarez

Love

Money

" 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. "

" Gray Maynard? Kenny Florian? All these guys, they're UFC fighters, that's all. They're pushed by the UFC, but when they leave the UFC, they're forgotten. When's the last time you heard Josh Neer's name? You haven't. When's the last time you heard about Roger Hurerta? You haven't. They're no ones anymore. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Eddie Alvarez

Fight

Best

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

Eddie Alvarez

Career

Fight

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

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

Eddie Alvarez

Bad

Dealt

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

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

" I'm old school, man. I think, if you want to be the best, then beat the best guys. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

Eddie Alvarez

Wants

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. "

Eddie Alvarez

Laugh

Funny