Eddie Alvarez Quotes

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

- Eddie Alvarez

Kind, Nightmares, Having, Liberating

Me? I'm no sob story. I get paid well, and I live comfortably.

- Eddie Alvarez

Me, Get, Paid, Sob

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

- Eddie Alvarez

Good, One Thing, Lot, Stylistically

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

- Eddie Alvarez

Think, Old, I Think, Old School

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.

- Eddie Alvarez

Fighting, Rather, Fought, Huge Influence

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

Career, Want, Stepped, Risen

I would love, love, love to watch Conor McGregor fight Floyd Mayweather.

- Eddie Alvarez

Love, Floyd Mayweather, Floyd

I was never the most technical; I was never the best at one aspect at this sport, but what I was always good as was negating people's strengths and putting them in terrible situations where they're uncomfortable.

- Eddie Alvarez

Always, Technical, Putting, One Aspect

I think sports is a quest to find out what really is - not what perceptions are.

- Eddie Alvarez

Sports, Think, I Think, Perceptions

I think when it comes to re-signing with an organisation, there's no real compromise if you're trying to move on.

- Eddie Alvarez

Think, I Think, Move, Organisation

The fighters and the fights are what makes UFC great.

- Eddie Alvarez

Fights, Makes, UFC, Fighters

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

Here, Going, Fights, UFC

In this sport, the good thing about the UFC and MMA in general is a lot of it's based on perception.

- Eddie Alvarez

MMA, About, Based, UFC

I will fight whoever the UFC wants me to fight.

- Eddie Alvarez

Me, Will, Whoever, UFC

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

- Eddie Alvarez

Mind, Will, Tells, UFC

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

Thought, Some, Going, UFC

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

- Eddie Alvarez

Philadelphia, Back, Pull, UFC

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.

- Eddie Alvarez

Anymore, About, Kenny, UFC

If they could put us all in a tournament, that'd be the best way, but they're not going to do that here at the UFC.

- Eddie Alvarez

Here, Going, Best Way, UFC

Fighting in general, but especially when I was younger, was tough to deal with because there are so many external things going on that want to control you that most people have no clue about.

- Eddie Alvarez

Deal, Younger, Going, External

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

Good, Good Guys, Ton, Disillusioned

Typically, I would say that I'm not defined by one loss and I'm not defined by one win. But I'd be lying if I told you I didn't harp on the loss at Madison Square Garden.

- Eddie Alvarez

Say, Harp, Madison, Garden

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.

- Eddie Alvarez

People, Knocked, About, OK

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, Doing, Been, Factor

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

Before, Had, Fought, Struggle

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

- Eddie Alvarez

Little, Differently, Things, Unconventional

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

King, Silent, Star, Hey

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

Come, Still, Your, OK

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

- Eddie Alvarez

Humility, Need, Martial, Martial Arts

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.

- Eddie Alvarez

Waste Time, Violent, Fought, Judges

As far as Nurmagomedov, I just don't get how you become the No. 1 contender without actually fighting guys who are ranked in the top 10. It kind of baffles me.

- Eddie Alvarez

Fighting, Kind, Contender, Ranked

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

Myself, Go, I Believe That, Ranked

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

Restaurant, Knock, Quick, Contender

With MTV2, every fighter is exposed to millions of people, and they won't have to take a monster pay cut to do so.

- Eddie Alvarez

Pay, Cut, Millions Of People, Exposed

We got four-ounce gloves here. It's not hard to knock someone out.

- Eddie Alvarez

Here, Someone, Knock, Gloves

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.

- Eddie Alvarez

Door, Play, Knock, Gloves

Where in normal neighborhoods, they would play stick ball and hockey and baseball, we used to slap box and bring boxing gloves down the street and box each other.

- Eddie Alvarez

Play, Hockey, Normal, Gloves

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

- Eddie Alvarez

Football, Sign, Any, Boxed

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

Very, Spanish, Given, Push

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

Proud, Irish, Some, Fighters

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

Best, Kind, About, Fighters

If I can put the right guy with the right mouthpiece in front of the right opponents, we can build a champion, but he doesn't really have to beat the best guys; we just have to give him the right matchups.

- Eddie Alvarez

Give, Mouthpiece, Opponents, Champion

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.

- Eddie Alvarez

Think, Over, Been, Champion

I have a tremendous support from a lot of the Underground fans. They believe in me, they want to see me do well, and they're behind me. But there are a lot of people out there who don't believe it, and so I want to separate perception and reality. I want to be able to do that.

- Eddie Alvarez

Want, Behind, Separate, Perception

I think bullying in general is for cowards.

- Eddie Alvarez

Think, I Think, General, Bullying

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.

- Eddie Alvarez

Belt, Made, Very, Ferguson

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.

- Eddie Alvarez

Need, Weight, Gaining, Pounds

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

Fighting, Tell, Used, Pounds

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.

- Eddie Alvarez

Both Sides, Puerto Rican, Puerto

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

Goal, Crowd, Beat, Magnitude

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.

- Eddie Alvarez

Best, About, Putting, Losses

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

- Eddie Alvarez

Bad, Get, Once, Awhile

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.

- Eddie Alvarez

Want, Prove, I See, To Be Honest

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

Myself, Own, My Own, Disappoint

When I say 'fighter,' I am thinking about how you deal with adversity, how you deal with being in bad situations.

- Eddie Alvarez

Adversity, Bad, Deal, Situations

I like to be with my back against the wall in dangerous situations.

- Eddie Alvarez

Dangerous, Against, Like, Situations

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

- Eddie Alvarez

Aspire, Couple, Times, Couple Times

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

- Eddie Alvarez

Back, Weight, Most, Butt

I rarely think that when a guy loses a fight, it's a weight issue. You can either fight, or you can't.

- Eddie Alvarez

Think, Weight, Issue, Loses

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, Ring, Started, Objective

I want to fight Gilbert Melendez.

- Eddie Alvarez

Fight, Want, Gilbert

I beat Gilbert Melendez, and he got two shots at the title.

- Eddie Alvarez

Beat, Title, Shots, Gilbert

It's MMA - anything can happen. You can throw a punch from one knee, a punch from anywhere.

- Eddie Alvarez

Happen, Knee, MMA, Punch

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

Upset, Guy, Offensive, Minded

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

- Eddie Alvarez

Give, Right, Then, Manifest

I want the best guys the promotion has to offer, put them in front of me, and I'll beat them.

- Eddie Alvarez

Want, Guys, Offer, Promotion

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.

- Eddie Alvarez

Business, Like, About, Contradiction

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.

- Eddie Alvarez

I Think, Couple, Technical, Standup

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.

- Eddie Alvarez

World, Against, Ton, Advantages

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

- Eddie Alvarez

Changes, Goal, Never, Beating

I want an opportunity to fight the best in the world and make millions of dollars doing it.

- Eddie Alvarez

World, Doing, Want, Millions

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

- Eddie Alvarez

My Life, Here, Forced, Bill

From wrestling, I learned that I was capable of much more than I thought I was.

- Eddie Alvarez

Thought, More, Learned, Wrestling

I have a very good ground game and very good wrestling. People just underestimate it. That's it. I want to keep it like that.

- Eddie Alvarez

Game, Like, Very, Wrestling

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

- Eddie Alvarez

Think, Now, Here, Title

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.

- Eddie Alvarez

Myself, Prove, Donald, Title

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.

- Eddie Alvarez

Here, Idea, Dominant, Title

I enjoy fights the most once them nerves go away and you settle into the fight. That's when you can have your fun and be creative and just kind of be yourself.

- Eddie Alvarez

Kind, Away, Fights, Nerves

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.

- Eddie Alvarez

Year, Why, Gravitate, Tune

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

Confident, Guy, About, Jacket

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.

- Eddie Alvarez

Mike, Fought, Guiding, Contract

The truth is, a large majority of the market, I'd guess 80 percent, doesn't know anything more than what they are sold.

- Eddie Alvarez

More, Sold, Large, Majority

I never take a round off or a run off or a push-up off; that's just not in me.

- Eddie Alvarez

Me, Never, Take, Round

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

Beginning, Want, Very, Circus

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

Career, Full Advantage, Lets

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

- Eddie Alvarez

Always, Move, Before, Opponent

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.

- Eddie Alvarez

Every Day, Bad, Guy, Beat

Going in there just to win and put on a boring fight, I don't want to be related to anything like that.

- Eddie Alvarez

Boring, Like, Going, Related

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

- Eddie Alvarez

Good, Preparation, Single, Strike

It's a fist fight - the idea is to go out there and impose my will.

- Eddie Alvarez

Will, Impose, Idea, Fist

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

- Eddie Alvarez

Larger, Fights, Same Time, Won

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

Inside, Always, About, Fights

These kinds of fights, these big fights that get everyone talking and interested, these are the fights I want.

- Eddie Alvarez

Big, Everyone, Get, Fights

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

- Eddie Alvarez

Like, Been, Would, Fighting

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

- Eddie Alvarez

Everyone, Like, Going, Everyone Else

I think it's important to say that I am genuinely thankful for the time at Bellator.

- Eddie Alvarez

Think, Important, I Think, Genuinely

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

- Eddie Alvarez

Never, Better, Always, According

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