Top quotes by Conor McGregor

I take inspiration from everyone and everything. I'm inspired by current champions, former champions, true competitors, people dedicated to their dream, hard workers, dreamers, believers, achievers. Votes: 23

I'm not going to get somewhere and say, 'OK, I'm done.' Success is never final; I'll just keep on going. The same way as failure never being fatal. Just keep going. I'm going to the stars and then past them. Votes: 19

I see fighters make funny videos about me and stick them on Facebook and get 20 likes. When I make a video, I sell it to Fox and make seven figures. That's the difference. Votes: 19

Nothing good ever comes from worrying or sitting there feeling sorry for yourself... Keep positive and keep pushing on and things will turn good. Votes: 16

I've read a lot of books on the laws of attraction, and in my home I have a big book on Muhammad Ali, which I've read, because he is like a hero of mine, but other than that, no, I'm not a big reader. Votes: 15

Clean fighting solves everything. It ends all bad blood and any ill feelings people have. That's my thoughts. Votes: 11

I'm going to change the way martial arts is viewed. I'm going to change the game. I'm going to change the way people approach fighting. Votes: 10

I don't feel pressure in a negative way. I like pressure. I feel excitement and calm at the same time. No pressure, no diamonds. I want pressure: pressure creates drama, creates emotion. Votes: 9

I never got into training to be an All-Ireland boxing champ or to win a belt. At the start, I just got into it to learn how to defend myself when I got into situations. Votes: 9

Life is about growing and improving and getting better. Votes: 9

Competition gives me energy. It keeps me focused. Votes: 9

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. Votes: 9

I carry the flag of Ireland all the time. I want to represent my country. Votes: 8

It's good to make your brain work more than your body. Votes: 8

A good feeling for me is when you train, and then you put on fresh clothes. New clothes after a training session - you have this rush of endorphins from exercise that everybody gets, and then you get that nice feeling of fresh clothes. It's a double whammy. Votes: 7

I have a self-defense mind. I've had it all my life. Votes: 7

The mixed martial arts way of life will give you focus. Votes: 7

When I am free to train and free to move, I feel like a gorilla in the jungle. Then, when there are a bunch of media obligations, I feel like I have been captured and am being kept on display. Votes: 6

Be passionate, be optimistic, be grateful. Votes: 6

There's a Celtic saying, "Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose." Votes: 5

Failure is not an option for me. Success is all I envision Votes: 5

I have the greatest job in the world. I get paid loads of cash for beating the crap out of people. And I'm very good at it. Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

The surface below your feet is so special. It is not like a boxing ring, not like a wrestling mat, it's its own thing, and when I am there, I am floating, I am moving with total freedom, I am free. And when you know, when you just know you are going to win, like I do, there is no better feeling. Votes: 3

I fear no man. If you breathe oxygen, I do not fear you. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 2

I know I might rub people the wrong way sometimes, but I'm just a kid living my dream... I'm enjoying my life. Votes: 2

My name, the McGregor name, my family's motto ... means royal is in my blood. That goes way back. So for [Aldo] to say he is the king and I am the joker, if this was a different time, I would invade his favela on horseback and kill anyone that was not fit to work. But we are in a new time. So I'll whoop his ass in July. Votes: 2

You can't fear success and I think a lot of people do... I'm not like that. I'm going for it. Votes: 2

The thing about the truth is, not a lot of people can handle it. Votes: 1

I believe in believing. My coach John Kavanagh is a big atheist and he is always trying to persuade people to his way of thinking, and I think what a waste of energy. If people want to believe in this god, or that god, that's fine by me, believe away. But I think we can be our own gods. I believe in myself. Votes: 0

I love money, and I love movement. I like what it has let me do for my family. I have paid off my mum and dad's mortgage, I've bought them two BMWs, they can have anything they want. I am buying a fleet of cars for myself. I have unemployed my sisters, they don't need to work, don't need to worry about a thing. Votes: 0

Keep positive and keep pushing on and things will turn good. Votes: 0

Know yourself, to know others. Votes: 0

I have never encountered a winner that held hate towards something. Votes: 0

At the end of the day you gotta feel some way. So why not feel unbeatable? Why not feel untouchable. Votes: 0

Movement for me is meditation. Votes: 0

I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing. Keep proving people wrong and proving myself right. Votes: 0

I'm definitely on the pursuit of perfection...I will always be learning. Votes: 0

I always teach myself calm and visualization stuff. Votes: 0

I keep having vivid dreams of success. Then it's time to sleep. Votes: 0

I am comfortable in the uncomfortable. Votes: 0

Smart work pays best. Trust it. Votes: 0

Cage Warriors is a brilliant organisation. They're doing great things for European MMA, and they're giving the platform for guys like me who came through. They're vital. I'm forever grateful for the opportunities I got. Votes: 0

Muhammad Ali is a legend, a hero of mine. Votes: 0

My success isn't a result of arrogance - it's a result of belief. Votes: 0

People say that I'm a boxer. I actually started with kick boxing, and then I moved onto boxing, and then I moved onto grappling. Votes: 0

We come bulletproof in Ireland. We're reared tough, and we fight. Votes: 0

I guess I have a little bit of an ego. I'm confidently cocky, you might say. Votes: 0

I've always felt like there was a lot of hype around me even when there wasn't. I felt like everyone was talking about me even when no one was talking about me. Votes: 0

Trash talk? Smack talk? This is an American term that makes me laugh. I simply speak the truth. I'm an Irish man. Votes: 0

Ritual is another word for fear, manifested in a different way. Votes: 0

I am fearless. Votes: 0

I like to look good, my friend. Votes: 0

When I say something's going to happen, it's going to happen. Votes: 0

There's only one thing that's impossible to beat... a man that doesn't give up. Votes: 0

Doubt is only removed by action. If you're not working then that's where doubt comes in. Votes: 0

Excellence is not a skill, excellence is an attitude. Votes: 0

Look out for those who look out for you. Loyalty is everything. Votes: 0

If you have a clear picture in your head of something that's going to happen... then nothing can stop it. Votes: 0

I have visualised my imagination so clearly and so consistently that it has manifested itself into my reality. Votes: 0

All that matters is how you see yourself. Votes: 0

Appreciate your surroundings and be grateful for it and that's when good things happen. Votes: 0

It's not really that much of a big deal - you brush it off and you come back. Defeat is the secret ingredient to success. Votes: 0

You must improvise, adapt, and overcome. Votes: 0

You are either the best. Or you are the worst. There is no in between. Votes: 0

I used to imagine it. I used to pretend that my Peugeot driving to the gym in the rain in Dublin was a Ferrari on the Vegas strip. And now that I have that? I can't even describe that feeling. That's why I like the best - the best cars, the best food, the best watches. Votes: 0

Sometimes the truth hurts. It hurts because they have a weakness - and I exploit weakness. Votes: 0

Sometimes I train in the middle of the night, all on my own. Can't sleep, don't want to sleep, get up, go to the gym, work. This is early for me, being here at half ten in the morning, this is really early, and I'm only here because I screwed up yesterday and kept you hanging around. Other times I'll call up my wrestling coach, or my jiu jitsu coach, or my deep-tissue guy, and want to really focus on one part of what I do. I train in all these different disciplines. Votes: 0

Power and speed aren't enough to overcome someone who is strategic, who knows what you'll do before you do it and can turn it on you; someone who is mentally engaged and combines the whole package. Votes: 0

I don't relax, I don't celebrate. I sit and plot. Votes: 0

Be spontaneous, be creative, go out and have fun, let things happen naturally. Votes: 0

I’m cocky in prediction, I’m confident in preparation, but I am always humble in victory or defeat. Votes: 0

An injury is not just a process of recovery it's a process of discovery. Votes: 0

Always be civil, but with a plan to neutralise everyone in the room. Votes: 0

I don't work, I live... I don't have a job, I just have a life. Votes: 0

You can't enter a contest emotionally charged. It clouds your judgment, it clouds your reaction. Votes: 0

Have fun, that's what it's all about. People get stressed over it... Let competition eat them up. That's not me, I just get in and have fun. That's what I'm here to do: Have fun and make some money doing it. Votes: 0

I pursue this dream and carry on. I don't dwell too much on the outside, I just focus on the inside. Votes: 0

To do anything to a high level it has to be total obsession. Votes: 0

I plot my ascent daily. Votes: 0

I think we can be our own gods. I believe in myself. Votes: 0

I don't care about anything I don't need to care about. Votes: 0

To do anything to a high level it has to be total obsession. Ask José Mourinho, he wouldn't know a thing about me, my sport - he knows football, and to get to high levels you have to be insane, nothing else means anything. I respect all forms of movement and lifestyles, but I am in a bubble. I wake up, it is in my head; I go to sleep, it's in my head, 24/7. Votes: 0

Real champions fight through adversity. Votes: 0

I am in the fighting game, I don't care about anything else. I don't watch the news, I don't care about politics, I don't care about other sports. I don't care about anything I don't need to care about. This is my sport, it is my life. I study it, I think about it, all the time. Nothing else matters. Votes: 0

I don't give a f***. We're not fighting. I don't care what anyone thinks about me. All the stuff I have to do outside the fighting, the promotion, this, I don't give a f***. But when I am facing up for a fight, I know what they're thinking. I can read their minds. When I am going face to face with an opponent, nose to nose, I can smell the fear, and I'm feeling no fear at all. Votes: 0

It is the most powerful submission in the sport. It is a beautiful thing. You're holding them into you, their back is on you, and you are basically choking them gradually like a boa constrictor and once you've got them, the pressure goes on and they have to submit or they are going to stop breathing. It happened to me early in my career, and I panicked, and gave in, I tapped out too early. I learned a lot from that. I learned from it, learned how to do the move better, learned how to avoid it being done to me. Votes: 0

I love what I do... When I'm in there I don't want to be nowhere else in the world... I love this game more than anything. Votes: 0

Pressure is an illusion, but I like that illusion of pressure. Votes: 0

I believe in working harder and putting in the time - being completely obsessed. And, yeah, I think that's life. Votes: 0

The support gets me to the gym but the doubt keeps me there. Votes: 0

I don't worry about my opponent or their game, I worry about my game. Votes: 0

It's gone, boxing's gone. What is there in boxing? Who is there to talk about, who is there that people go, "Yeah I want to fight him?", and fans go "I wanna see that fight"? There's Floyd Mayweather, and he is 38, 39, he's maybe got one fight left. What else is there? He'll have a last fight or two and a couple of guys will get a few million dollars, but way less than I'm gonna be getting in future. This sport is getting bigger all the time, and I am making it bigger. Votes: 0

I whoop people for truckloads of cash Votes: 0

I have unemployed my girlfriend. She had a job working for a cardiologist and now she can hang out, put her feet up, buy all the things she wants, have a nice breakfast with you and me in the Four Seasons. Any fights in families like mine come from everyone worrying about money. I'm taking all those worries away. That makes me feel happy, makes me really proud of what I do. Votes: 0

{Losing can be a great motivator] but not if it drains your confidence. One of the reasons I got into this game was because I wanted to learn how to get myself comfortable in uncomfortable situations. Votes: 0

I stay ready so I don't have to get ready. Votes: 0

I worked my ass off to earn what I have. You have to understand, not many people where I come from get to experience this kind of life. Votes: 0

You sleep on a win and you'll wake up with a loss. Votes: 0

If you are the best, you must go that extra mile. Votes: 0

I don't use machines - animals don't use machines. Votes: 0

You need to be able to hit, kick, grapple, wrestle, but for me so much of this is about the mind, about feeling you are in complete control of the space around you, and you know what to do at any moment. That is a wonderful feeling, but it doesn't just happen, you have to work for it, train for it, think about it all the time. Votes: 0

Fourteen weeks before the Mendes fight I tore 80 per cent of my ACL [anterior cruciate ligament]. That is the main ligament for stability. Every day in that training camp when I was working my way back, I was saying "real champions fight through any adversity". That is why I am a real champion and he is not. Look at my eye [he had seven stitches put in an old wound after an injury in training the night before we met]. Fighters fight on. Aldo got scared, he went running and I worry he will run again. Votes: 0

Don't impersonate. Innovate. Votes: 0

I think we should all focus on who we are, what we want to do, and do it. That is my way. I don't know why anyone would want to do that politics stuff. Votes: 0

I don't believe in talent. Talent doesn't exist. Votes: 0

If I could bust out and eat anything... if I ever stop fighting, I could put on some serious weight with sweets. Votes: 0

I feel it when I need to train and I do what I feel like I need to do. I don't get obsessed with one style or one skill. Votes: 0

I will cross that bridge when it comes. I am not stupid. I am a very bright guy. I know that in the fighting game, you get people who get brain damage and do themselves long-term harm. I am into it in a big way, and I am good at it, and I am going to get very, very rich and then I will get out and we will see what comes after that. Votes: 0

As far as I'm concerned, I just speak the truth. Votes: 0

I am not a big crier. But I'd say it was after the Mendes fight. It was not because of the fight as such. It was everything leading up to it. It had been such a tough time. When I did my knee, I had some very dark times. Life is all about ups and downs and I'd say there had been a lot of downs, but I got through it, I won and after the fight, I was standing in the shower and I was crying, just letting it all go. Votes: 0

People do what they think works for them, but the sport is about instinct, movement, balance, power... it's too animalistic to get rigid about your training. Votes: 0

One thing I believe that's a key to success is celebrate your surroundings. Votes: 0

I do yoga. People think it is easy, just touching your toes. It is hard. But I tend to go with my own flow. It's back to the movement thing. I feel it when I need to train, and I do what I feel I need to do. And when I am in the run-up to a fight, I am really at it the whole time, might be getting my weight down to meet the limit for the division. Soon I am moving up and I am going to be champion in the next one too. Votes: 0

Training to me isn't about a set time at the gym - I move at all times of the day and night. Votes: 0

Seems like people get obsessed about times and numbers and weights and that - I'm obsessed with winning. Votes: 0

I don't just want the belt, I want every one of their heads on a plate. Votes: 0

One of the reasons I got into this game was because I wanted to learn how to get myself comfortable in uncomfortable situations. I grew up in a tough area of Dublin, and fighting was just part of your life. Boys fight, and I won some, but I lost a lot too, and I didn't like that, I didn't like that feeling of not knowing whether I was in danger, in trouble. Votes: 0

I'm not a fan of routine. Votes: 0

I won't ever shy away from a fight and if it makes sense down the road, I'll do it. But it will be on my terms. Votes: 0

I hold no emotions while I am in there... in there it is just calm and creative. Votes: 0

Golf isn't a sport, it's a game. I'm not saying it's not a difficult game, with lots of mental stuff. But it's not a sport like mine. Where is the combat, the intensity of what we do? Votes: 0

Late switches are part of fighting and I've handled them all. Votes: 0

There's two things I really like to do and that's whoop ass and look good. I'm doing one of them right now and on Saturday night, I'm doing the other. Votes: 0

When I'm in there I'm just in my zone. What people think about when they're looking at me, that's their business. If there is a bit of that, I am fine with it, each to his own. Votes: 0

If people want to believe in this god, or that god, that's fine by me, believe away. Votes: 0

Pain is part of the sport. Votes: 0

I daydream too. I visualise. I think ahead, I can do it now, sitting here. I think ahead to the walk-in, I can hear the crowd, the music, I can feel the cameras all around me, I can feel movements in my body as I am heading there, I can bring up that incredible feeling you get when you step into the cage. Votes: 0

I believe in believing. Votes: 0

Movement is meditation. Move to win. Votes: 0

I try to eat healthy all the time. I don't eat takeaways. I drink mostly water or coconut water. Votes: 0

I love money because I've earned it. Votes: 0

There are people who have great skills, who do great things, but don't embody the whole animal that is the fight game like I do. Votes: 0

Ask José Mourinho, he wouldn't know a thing about me, my sport - he knows football, and to get to high levels you have to be insane, nothing else means anything. Votes: 0

Face adversity head on in your training and you will conquer it smoothly in your fight. Votes: 0

I like looking good. But it's also about the feeling, right? Votes: 0

I studied every move, I became fascinated by thinking what I could have done differently. And I take that approach now as a professional. I am on it, all the time, never stop thinking, learning. You don't get to be world champion unless you do that. Votes: 0

I work hard and fight easy. Votes: 0

There's people that focus on the game and forget about the art. There's that specific special individual that can do both. Votes: 0

I don't feel negative emotions. I feel calm, composed and ready. And as it goes on I get better at it. By the time the fight is on, I don't feel any emotions at all. Votes: 0

I don't watch the news, I don't care about politics, I don't care about other sports. Votes: 0

Boxing is going to have to catch up with the kind of things UFC is doing. They're getting left behind. Votes: 0

Wherever it goes is my best position. Wherever it goes I am comfortable. Votes: 0

I always think street but train sport. Votes: 0

I move in many ways. I can adapt and overcome to any situation. Votes: 0

Every little detail to every little movement must be perfect. Perfection in movement. Votes: 0

It's important to stay hydrated - first thing I do in the morning is stretch and drink water. Votes: 0

Whoever said it's tough at the top is talking absolute sh*t. Votes: 0

Victorious. I feel that is why I did all the training, why I make the sacrifices, that is why I got into the shape I am in. I feel I have won, that's millions more coming my way, I feel great. Votes: 0

A fight is mental, not just physical and psychological warfare is absolutely part of that. Votes: 0

In general, I like the healthy stuff and don't really have a problem with any of it. Votes: 0

You don't get to be world champion unless you do that... Votes: 0

You can take on the world in a good suit. Votes: 0

Think street, train sport. Votes: 0

Getting enough protein is important when I train, to help build muscle and recover, so I'll supplement with protein shakes. Votes: 0

Machines don't use machines. Votes: 0

I'm on top of the world, man. And I intend to stay there. Votes: 0

My diet is usually pretty consistent whether I'm training for a specific fight or not. I don't like to mess too much with it. Votes: 0

Speed is the essence of war. Votes: 0

I've never voted, no. Votes: 0

Listen, I am in the fighting game, I don't care about anything else. Votes: 0

I eat, sleep and breathe training. Votes: 0

I know I can hold two, maybe even three belts. So I have business to take care of back in and around my weight class. Votes: 0

I mean I love movement. I mean the energy that comes from the way I move. We get energy from how we move. I mean the control I get from knowing everything about how my body feels and how it is working. Votes: 0

The term "trash talk" is such an American thing. I still laugh at it. Votes: 0

It makes a difference when you've got more than two months versus two weeks to train for a particular opponent. Votes: 0

I think I am the greatest fighter in any class. Votes: 0

I don't know why anyone would want to do that politics stuff. Votes: 0