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" 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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" 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. "

Eddie Alvarez

Opportunity

Body

Fighting

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

Eddie Alvarez

Fight

Best

" 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. "

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

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

" 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've experienced success, I've experienced failure, I've been a world champion, I've fought all over the world; I think I've experienced enough that I won't get in front of a million people and get gunshy. "

" 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

" 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 will do whatever the UFC tells me to do, but there's not a doubt in my mind that I can be champion. "

" 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. "

" 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

" 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 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 know what I can do at 155. "

Eddie Alvarez

I Can

Know

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

" I've got the fighting Irish, and Puerto Ricans are some of the best fighters in the world. I'm proud of who I am, but it doesn't define me as a person. "

Eddie Alvarez

World

I Am

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There's not a single strike that good preparation can't negate. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I've knocked a ton of guys out. I know the power I have and the advantages I have against the best in the world. "