Conor McGregor

Not a lot of people or pros in this game know how to train correctly. That's why they don't have a long career. Their body gets banged up. They get into a rhythm of heavy sparring and heavy work, but through that, they're limiting movement.

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People think hard sparring will get you sharp. And you do get sharp in the gym. But anytime I've trained that way, I've actually been a little bit flatter in the fight. And the knockout shot hasn't come. It's almost because my training has been too hard.

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I don't look at a man who's expert in one area as a specialist. I look at him as a rookie in ten other areas.

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Boxing is limited fighting with a specific rule set. Fighting is true, where you can do anything.

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That's what I do this for, to secure my family's future. I don't care about anything else. I'm able to spoil people, and that's the best thing.

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Everything I've been thinking, every vision, even down to every shot I throw, it just ends up here in reality. Whether it was in a fight and how to react or whether it was in a stadium with screaming fans or whether I was in a fancy car or the best clothes ever, I always put myself somewhere.

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I'm just looking to learn, grow, stay focused, and become a better fighter and a better athlete.

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When I do something, I do it full steam ahead.

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I wish everyone well, but you need to focus on yourself. You need to stop putting your hand out. Everyone wants hand outs. Everyone wants things for free. You've got to put in the work. You've got to grind. You've got go through the struggle, and you've got to get it.

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Yeah, the Mac Life... it's about sipping some tea, getting together with the knitting circle. You know I like origami, right? That's how you get to be notorious.

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To do anything to a high level, it has to be total obsession.

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If they let people go fight jiu-jitsu tournaments, they can't stop me going to fight a boxing fight.

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I train and I go home, and when I'm home, I think about training. That's my life every day, and that's it.

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Many people don't understand ring control. They think they do until they're against someone who really understands how to set traps, how to create holes in the octagon that they fall into.

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Trash talk? Smack talk? This is an American term that makes me laugh. I simply speak the truth. I'm an Irish man.

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The thing about the truth is, not a lot of people can handle it.

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My unpredictability is what separates me. If you move in so many ways, your opponent is not focused on what he's doing. He's focusing in on what you're doing, and it freezes him. When they freeze and you hit, they shatter like glass.

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I used to pretend that my Peugeot driving to the gym in the rain in Dublin was a Ferrari on the Vegas strip.

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I always teach myself calm and visualization stuff.

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Posture for combat is so vital.

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Quotes by Conor McGregor