Quotes

I like to look good, my friend.

Clean fighting solves everything. It ends all bad blood and any ill feelings people have. That's my thoughts.

People say that I'm a boxer. I actually started with kick boxing, and then I moved onto boxing, and then I moved onto grappling.

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

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

It's good to make your brain work more than your body.

Cage Warriors is a brilliant organisation. They're doing great things for European MMA, and they're giving the platform for guys like me who came through. They're vital. I'm forever grateful for the opportunities I got.

My success isn't a result of arrogance - it's a result of belief.

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.

Life is about growing and improving and getting better.

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 guess I have a little bit of an ego. I'm confidently cocky, you might say.

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.

When I do something, I do it full steam ahead.

Even when I was a kid, everything I had was the best.

I have a self-defense mind. I've had it all my life.

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 don't look at a man who's expert in one area as a specialist. I look at him as a rookie in ten other areas.

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'm going to change the way martial arts is viewed. I'm going to change the game. I'm going to change the way people approach fighting.

I have the greatest job in the world. I get paid loads of cash for beating the crap out of people. And I'm very good at it.

I am fearless.

Ritual is another word for fear, manifested in a different way.

I always teach myself calm and visualization stuff.

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.

I'm just trying to be myself. I'm not trying to be anyone else.

I don't fight in chase of an individual. I hear this sometimes where fighters work their whole careers to reach a matchup with a certain individual. I do not think in that way.

I knew I'd be in the UFC since I started my career.

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

What can I say? I'm a talker.

The mixed martial arts way of life will give you focus.

Glutes are power.

don't feel bitterness, I don't feel anger towards anybody. Fighting is never emotional to me.

When I am free to train and free to move, I feel like a gorilla in the jungle. Then, when there are a bunch of media obligations, I feel like I have been captured and am being kept on display.

There is definitely an addiction to money that I have.

When I say something's going to happen, it's going to happen.

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

I'll die a crazy old man!

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.

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.

I kind of love Cole Miller.

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.

Competition gives me energy. It keeps me focused.

Muhammad Ali is a legend, a hero of mine.

There's many ups and downs in the fight game.

[taunting boxer Floyd Mayweather] Dance for me, boy!

I'd just want to say from the bottom of my heart, I'd like to take this chance to apologize.. To absolutely nobody!