Quotes from Conor McGregor

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.

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 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.

Any top-level athlete, it's always the same. There's always that hint of arrogance there... It's hard to be humble when you're the best.

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

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

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.

Life is about growing and improving and getting better.

I'm in the game of spinning plates. I'm spinning a boxing plate. I'm spinning a Tae Kwon Do plate. I'm spinning a Jujitsu plate. I'm spinning a freestyle wrestling plate. I'm spinning a karate plate. If I was to put all them down and have one boxing plate spinning, it would be like a load off my shoulders.

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

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

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

I'm already the face of the UFC, plus the face of boxing, WWE, and Hollywood.

I'd love to go into WWE and have a real knock and see what's what.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Yes, sir, no, sir, clock in, clock out. Why were you late? Why are you not in today? That's not how humans are supposed to live.

I run New York City!

The more you seek the uncomfortable, the more you will become comfortable.

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

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