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" 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

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Eddie Alvarez

Enough

Nobody

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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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Eddie Alvarez

Fight

Best

" 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. "

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

" I rarely think that when a guy loses a fight, it's a weight issue. You can either fight, or you can't. "

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

Eddie Alvarez

Much

Capable

" 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. "

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

" 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

" 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. "

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Eddie Alvarez

Bad

Dealt

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

Eddie Alvarez

Fight

Fist

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

" 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. "