Conor McGregor
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.Collection: Politics
My preparation is about precision. It is a science.Collection: Science
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.Collection: Home
My family's lineage, we are warriors. The McGregor clan, we are warriors all through. We are famous all through the world for our fighting capabilities of all generations. So I have no doubt that's stood to me and that led me down this path and gave me what I have.Collection: Family
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.Collection: Funny
I don't feel bitterness, I don't feel anger towards anybody. Fighting is never emotional to me.Collection: Anger
Ritual is another word for fear, manifested in a different way.Collection: Fear
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.Collection: Future
The thing about the truth is, not a lot of people can handle it.Collection: Truth
Everything I've been thinking, every vision, even down to every shot I throw, it just ends up here in reality. Whether it was in a fight and how to react or whether it was in a stadium with screaming fans or whether I was in a fancy car or the best clothes ever, I always put myself somewhere.Collection: Car
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.Collection: Failure
I'm interested in movement, and I'm interested in money, and I'm interested in the movement of money.Collection: Money
My dream is to be World Lightweight Champion in the UFC. Have more money than I know what to do with. And have a great life for my kids, grandkids, and everyone in my family.Collection: Money
Trash talk? Smack talk? This is an American term that makes me laugh. I simply speak the truth. I'm an Irish man.Collection: Truth
My success isn't a result of arrogance - it's a result of belief.Collection: Success
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.Collection: Home
I'm focusing on me. I'm focusing on my family's security, my family's financial security, so that's all I can do.Collection: Family
The more you seek the uncomfortable, the more you will become comfortable.
Life is about growing and improving and getting better.
You might win some, you might lose some. But you go in, you challenge yourself, you become a better man, a better individual, a better fighter.
To do anything to a high level, it has to be total obsession.
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.
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.
I'm just trying to be myself. I'm not trying to be anyone else.
People think I'm a celebrity. I'm not a celebrity.
Life's a rollercoaster. You're up one minute; you're down one minute. But who doesn't like rollercoasters?
I wish everyone well, but you need to focus on yourself. You need to stop putting your hand out. Everyone wants hand outs. Everyone wants things for free. You've got to put in the work. You've got to grind. You've got go through the struggle, and you've got to get it.
I guess I have a little bit of an ego. I'm confidently cocky, you might say.
If you deserve it, go get it.
Nobody is my boss.
I run New York City!
I break orbital bones.
I'm just a kid that defied the odds. I'm just a kid that ignored the doubt. I'm just a kid from a little place in Dublin, Ireland, that went all the way, and I'm going to continue to go all the way.
We're the only animal that wakes up and doesn't stretch.
I always put myself out there. I'm not afraid to commit to something.
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'm committed to the fight game.
I don't feel that emotion is a good thing to have in combat. You must be cold.
My unpredictability is what separates me. If you move in so many ways, your opponent is not focused on what he's doing. He's focusing in on what you're doing, and it freezes him. When they freeze and you hit, they shatter like glass.
I am not afraid of saying something and going and pursuing it. That's it. I see it in my mind. I say it out loud. I go and do it.
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.
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.
When I say something's going to happen, it's going to happen.
I'll die a crazy old man!
It could be if I fight in front of one person or one million people. It's still the same emotions.
I want to be financially secure by the time I have kids.
Not a lot of people or pros in this game know how to train correctly. That's why they don't have a long career. Their body gets banged up. They get into a rhythm of heavy sparring and heavy work, but through that, they're limiting movement.
I enjoy competition. I enjoy challenges. If a challenge is in front of me and it appeals to me, I will go ahead and conquer it.
My goal is to be number one in MMA.
When I prepare, I am not messing around. I find the right places, the right people, and the right environment. Iceland is one of those places.