Eddie Alvarez Quotes
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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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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.
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I don't have a nickname. But, hey, they can call me what they want - The Silent Assassin, The Underground King. In Japan, they call me American Knuckle Star. Call me what you want.
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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.
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There's a lot of guys in the UFC who are good at one thing, and they get matched up stylistically well.
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I'm not here if Bill Hunter never forced my hand in wrestling. It was a pivotal point in my life.
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I won my first 10 fights by knockout. The money was getting larger at the same time.
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Having your worst nightmares kind of come true is truly liberating.
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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.
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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.
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These kinds of fights, these big fights that get everyone talking and interested, these are the fights I want.
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I want to fight Gilbert Melendez.
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I really didn't want to enter the UFC in a fight that nobody really cared about or where people thought I was just going to whoop some guy.
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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.
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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.
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Regardless of the magnitude, the crowd, or the pay-per-view sales, the goal is to beat the guy in front of me.
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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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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.
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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.
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When I fought Nick Thompson, I wasn't experienced enough. That was the first person that put me in a real fight. Before Nick, nobody had put me in a fight where I had to struggle.
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I think when it comes to re-signing with an organisation, there's no real compromise if you're trying to move on.
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I boxed. I did track and field; I did basketball, football, any sport I was able to sign up for.
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The fighters and the fights are what makes UFC great.
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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.