Eddie Alvarez Quotes
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I've been fighting the best guys, so I would like a gimme fight.
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It's hard when you win the title to not think, 'I'm here. Now what do I do?'
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I had to fight Donald Cerrone, Anthony Pettis, Gil Melendez, Rafael Dos Anjos. I had to fight these guys in order to prove myself in order to get a title shot.
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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.
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I want an opportunity to fight the best in the world and make millions of dollars doing it.
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I think bullying in general is for cowards.
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I'm old school, man. I think, if you want to be the best, then beat the best guys.
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If your worst fear can come true, and everything can still be OK, then there's really not much to fear at all.
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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.
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I never prepare according to how I feel for a fight. I always prepare to be a better me.
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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.
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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.
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Out of nowhere, they made an interim belt and had Lee fight Ferguson. This is very odd for me; what went on there? You know. I don't know what went on there.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I think sports is a quest to find out what really is - not what perceptions are.
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I think it's important to say that I am genuinely thankful for the time at Bellator.
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When I say 'fighter,' I am thinking about how you deal with adversity, how you deal with being in bad situations.
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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.