Quotes from Max Holloway

Who in their right mind goes into a fight they think they're going to lose?

I'm not trying to be this guy just chugging along. I want to lead the pack.

I always eat before I go into a training session.

Conor McGregor set this bar, and I'm trying to break it. If you're not trying to break it, then why are you in the game?

Everyone knows who the money fight is, and everyone is begging for it. But at the end of the day, Conor's going to fight who he wants to fight.

No success, no nothing, no belt, no person can change the way I act, the way I feel.

The belt is great. You know what comes with the belt? Bigger paydays, pay-per-views, and a lot of stuff.

People get some success, they get some money, they get some power, and they put themselves on this pedestal above other people. They forget people and try to fit in with their new crews they think they need to be around with. I didn't believe that. I'm still human being.

I ain't trying to run away from no danger. If it's supposed to be dangerous for me, then I'm going to go and take a peek. I want to go and look and see what's so dangerous about it.

Depression is real, and that really hit me hard. I was going through a phase where I wasn't talking to no one. Only my son. Me and my son would do stuff, but I was talking to no one.

If you want to be the best, you've got the beat the best, and the best is 'Blessed,' baby.

You want to be a part of the big card. You want to be part of history.

They should just put 'two' beside everybody's name, you know? Because there's only No. 1 guy out there, and that's the champion.

I ain't going to chase someone around. I ain't going to talk about someone that ain't talking about me.

Don't be scared to look for help. Depression is real... It's crazy, and all these guys, us athletes, that keep thinking we're superheroes. I like to think I'm a superhero, but superheroes got to fight their demons, too, sometimes.

I believe in my training camp. I believe in my coaches. I believe in what I do. I believe in the work I put in.

Before Mendes got suspended, I've been calling out Chad Mendes.

I want to have my 11 or 12, 13, 14 belt picture. I want to be lying down just covered in them. I want a lot of them. I want my closets to be filled with UFC belts.

Too many cry babies in this game.

I don't cry about anything.

I want the undisputed career. I want the best damn career. I want to be the best guy ever to do this.

I'm not a talker. I'm a doer.

If I medically can't make the weight, then I'm not going to force my body to do something that it doesn't want to. I'll gladly go up to '55.

I think the UFC does a pretty good job of backing me.