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

Eddie Alvarez

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Always

Cannot

" 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 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

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

" The right thing to do is just ask what you can give, and then let things manifest in the time they're supposed to. "

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

Eddie Alvarez

Bad

Dealt

" I boxed. I did track and field; I did basketball, football, any sport I was able to sign up for. "

Eddie Alvarez

Track

Football

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

" 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. "

" There's a part of martial arts where we need humility and respect. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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

" The goal never changes. It's about beating the guy in front of you. "

" I think bullying in general is for cowards. "

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

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

" My biggest fear as a fighter is to be knocked out in front of millions of people. But after it actually happened, there's this calmness about you that says everything is OK. "

" 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. "

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

" 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

" It's hard when you win the title to not think, 'I'm here. Now what do I do?' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I've done it a couple times where I've had fight of the year. It's not what you aspire to. "

" I want to fight only dangerous guys. Whenever I've done that in my career, I've stepped up and risen to the challenge. "

Eddie Alvarez

Want

Fight

" 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 don't like going to 155; I do it because everyone else does. "

Eddie Alvarez

Everyone

Going