Quotes from Eddie Alvarez

The goal never changes. It's about beating the guy in front of you.

In this sport, the good thing about the UFC and MMA in general is a lot of it's based on perception.

Although I'm shorter, all of my weight I carry in my back and my butt. That's where most of my weight is.

I really didn't want to enter the UFC in a fight that nobody really cared about or where people thought I was just going to whoop some guy.

I like to keep a high pace, violent fight. I don't like to waste time, and I don't like to go to the judges. I feel like I've fought long enough where I can adapt to just about any situation.

I would love, love, love to watch Conor McGregor fight Floyd Mayweather.

I don't want to go that route where I'm going into fights dehydrated. I used to fight at 170 pounds. I was 10-0 at 170 with eight knockouts. I'm not going to listen to somebody from the outside tell me what weight I should be fighting at.

As far as Nurmagomedov, I just don't get how you become the No. 1 contender without actually fighting guys who are ranked in the top 10. It kind of baffles me.

The business aspect of this sport is a contradiction to what it's really about, and that's knowing something for what it is and not just what it looks like.

I've done it a couple times where I've had fight of the year. It's not what you aspire to.

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.

I never prepare according to how I feel for a fight. I always prepare to be a better me.

Every once in awhile, we all get a bad hand dealt to us.

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.

People say I'm good at standup. I don't even think I'm that great at standup. I just hit hard. I don't think I'm super technical or anything like that. I got a couple knockouts. I think I just hit hard more than anything.

I will do whatever the UFC tells me to do, but there's not a doubt in my mind that I can be champion.

Money is always a motivating factor, but money has never been my driving force. In my first fight, I paid the promoter in order for me to fight. I was in the hole 300 bucks for that. Money has always been a byproduct of me doing something I love.

I want the best guys the promotion has to offer, put them in front of me, and I'll beat them.

I won my first 10 fights by knockout. The money was getting larger at the same time.

The fighters and the fights are what makes UFC great.

The fights for me are always about what you cannot see, the intangibles. It's about what's inside - what really is inside.

These kinds of fights, these big fights that get everyone talking and interested, these are the fights I want.

I will fight whoever the UFC wants me to fight.

If I don't give up in the ring, I don't give up in life... I try to live my life the same way.