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Eddie Alvarez Quotes
Eddie Alvarez
American
Athlete
Born:
Jan 11
,
1984
Best
Fight
Good
Me
People
You
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I think bullying in general is for cowards.
Eddie Alvarez
Bullying
Cowards
Think
General
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
You
Move On
Think
Compromise
Real
Trying
Move
Organisation
The fighters and the fights are what makes UFC great.
Eddie Alvarez
Great
Makes
Fighters
Fights
I never prepare according to how I feel for a fight. I always prepare to be a better me.
Eddie Alvarez
Me
Fight
Better
Never
Feel
Always
How
According
Prepare
There's not a single strike that good preparation can't negate.
Eddie Alvarez
Good
Single
Preparation
Strike
It's hard when you win the title to not think, 'I'm here. Now what do I do?'
Eddie Alvarez
You
Win
Think
Title
Hard
Now
Here
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
Fans
Thinking
Biting
Fingernails
Joined
Involved
Said
Go
Going
Where
Want
Heck
Fights
Here
Watching
Millions
There's a part of martial arts where we need humility and respect.
Eddie Alvarez
Respect
Humility
Martial
Martial Arts
Part
Arts
Where
Need
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
You
Defense
Minded
Guy
Never
He
Put
Him
Offensive
Gets
Whenever
Upset
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
Time
You
Fight
Fighting
Guess
Everyone
Sides
Say
Tell
Born
Both
Both Sides
Well
Well Known
Known
Proud
Irish
Rican
Really
They Say
Puerto
Puerto Rican
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
Best
Me
World
Fighting
Define
Some
Got
Proud
Am
Irish
Person
Fighters
Who
Puerto
We got four-ounce gloves here. It's not hard to knock someone out.
Eddie Alvarez
Out
Someone
Knock
Gloves
Got
Hard
Here
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
Carry
Weight
Most
Although
Where
Butt
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
You
People
Tough
Control
Fighting
No Clue
About
General
Most
Because
Deal
Going
Want
Clue
Younger
Many
Things
External
External Things
I've been fighting the best guys, so I would like a gimme fight.
Eddie Alvarez
Best
Fight
Fighting
Would
Guys
Like
Been
In this sport, the good thing about the UFC and MMA in general is a lot of it's based on perception.
Eddie Alvarez
Good
Perception
About
General
Good Thing
Sport
Lot
Based
Thing
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
God
Good
Me
You
Man
Fans
Think
Guys
Beat
He
Come
Like
Because
Go
Up
Bunch
Get
You Guys
Oh
Oh My God
Disillusioned
Then
Popular
Ton
Good Guys
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
Me
You
Inside
See
About
Always
Cannot
Really
Fights
I boxed. I did track and field; I did basketball, football, any sport I was able to sign up for.
Eddie Alvarez
Field
Sign
Able
Football
Sport
Track
Track And Field
Boxed
Up
Did
Any
Basketball
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
Time
You
Right Thing
Give
Supposed
Just
The Right Thing
Manifest
Ask
Then
Right
Thing
Things
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
Fight
Guys
Had
Prove
Get
Donald
Order
Title
Shot
I know what I can do at 155.
Eddie Alvarez
Know
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
Best
World
Power
Out
Guys
Advantages
Knocked
Know
Against
Ton
Having your worst nightmares kind of come true is truly liberating.
Eddie Alvarez
Liberating
Worst
Kind
Having
True
Come
Truly
Your
Nightmares
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
You
Creative
Fight
Yourself
Be Yourself
Go Away
Enjoy
Settle
Once
Kind
Nerves
Most
Go
Just
Just Kind
Them
Your
Fights
Fun
Away
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
Matter
Fans
Own
Worst
Critic
My Own
Disappoint
Feel
Said
Being
Biggest
Media
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