Top 257 Quotes & Sayings by Conor McGregor - Page 4

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.

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

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

I love my job. I whoop people for truckloads of cash. How could I hate this life? I love it so much. I'm grateful every single day.

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.

I work hard and fight easy.

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

{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.

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.

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.

Wherever it goes is my best position. Wherever it goes I am comfortable.

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

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.

You can take on the world in a good suit.

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

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

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

I don't use machines - animals don't use machines.

I eat, sleep and breathe training.

I think I am the greatest fighter in any class.

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.

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.

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.

I love money because I've earned it.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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'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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

I always think street but train sport.

I'm not a fan of routine.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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?

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.

Movement is meditation. Move to win.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.