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Having your worst nightmares kind of come true is truly liberating.
Eddie Alvarez -
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.
Eddie Alvarez
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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.
Eddie Alvarez -
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.
Eddie Alvarez -
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.
Eddie Alvarez -
I'm old school, man. I think, if you want to be the best, then beat the best guys.
Eddie Alvarez -
I want to fight Gilbert Melendez.
Eddie Alvarez -
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.
Eddie Alvarez
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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.
Eddie Alvarez -
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.
Eddie Alvarez -
I won my first 10 fights by knockout. The money was getting larger at the same time.
Eddie Alvarez -
I never take a round off or a run off or a push-up off; that's just not in me.
Eddie Alvarez -
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.
Eddie Alvarez -
There's a lot of guys in the UFC who are good at one thing, and they get matched up stylistically well.
Eddie Alvarez
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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.
Eddie Alvarez -
I'm my own biggest critic, so no matter what was being said in the media or being said by fans, I feel the worst when I disappoint myself.
Eddie Alvarez -
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.
Eddie Alvarez -
These kinds of fights, these big fights that get everyone talking and interested, these are the fights I want.
Eddie Alvarez -
When I joined UFC, I said I want to be involved in fights where millions of fans are watching, biting their fingernails, thinking, 'What the heck is going to go on here?'
Eddie Alvarez -
The fighters and the fights are what makes UFC great.
Eddie Alvarez
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I boxed. I did track and field; I did basketball, football, any sport I was able to sign up for.
Eddie Alvarez -
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 -
I'm not here if Bill Hunter never forced my hand in wrestling. It was a pivotal point in my life.
Eddie Alvarez -
I'm a little unconventional; I do things a little differently.
Eddie Alvarez