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The truth is, a large majority of the market, I'd guess 80 percent, doesn't know anything more than what they are sold.

If you're not successful at a certain weight, it rarely has anything to do with gaining or losing 10 pounds. It's something inside of you that you need to fix in order to win. It rarely has anything to do with cutting 10 pounds.

Eddie Alvarez

The fans, man, the fans have a little different way of thinking. They really applaud the spirit of fighters, and that put a huge influence on the type of energy I fought with, rather than if I won or lost. America's a real win-or-lose culture, where with the Japanese, fighting with spirit is enough.

Eddie Alvarez

I've got the fighting Irish, and Puerto Ricans are some of the best fighters in the world. I'm proud of who I am, but it doesn't define me as a person.

Eddie Alvarez

The most comical thing for me, even when I watch movies, is the guy who's so crazy confident about himself, with the mink jacket - to me, that is so funny. I wish I could be like that. As a fighter, I wish I could do that, so I could make people laugh. But I can't; it's not my style.

Eddie Alvarez

I want to fight only dangerous guys. Whenever I've done that in my career, I've stepped up and risen to the challenge.

Eddie Alvarez

Typically, I would say that I'm not defined by one loss and I'm not defined by one win. But I'd be lying if I told you I didn't harp on the loss at Madison Square Garden.

Eddie Alvarez

It's a fist fight - the idea is to go out there and impose my will.

Eddie Alvarez

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

Eddie Alvarez

I think it's important to say that I am genuinely thankful for the time at Bellator.

Eddie Alvarez

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

Eddie Alvarez

I've knocked a ton of guys out. I know the power I have and the advantages I have against the best in the world.

Eddie Alvarez

Where most kids play stickball and hockey, I'd walk down the streets with two sets of boxing gloves and knock on my friend's door and see if he wanted to box. There were boxing gyms on every corner.

Eddie Alvarez

I had to fight Donald Cerrone, Anthony Pettis, Gil Melendez, Rafael Dos Anjos. I had to fight these guys in order to prove myself in order to get a title shot.

Eddie Alvarez

If they could put us all in a tournament, that'd be the best way, but they're not going to do that here at the UFC.

Eddie Alvarez

I don't need to be told what I am or what I should do or if I beat this guy it means I'm good or if I lose to that guy it means I'm bad. I'm at peace with myself, and I know what I do every day in my training will speak for itself, and success will be a byproduct.

Eddie Alvarez

From wrestling, I learned that I was capable of much more than I thought I was.

Eddie Alvarez

I have a very good ground game and very good wrestling. People just underestimate it. That's it. I want to keep it like that.

Eddie Alvarez

I want an opportunity to fight the best in the world and make millions of dollars doing it.

Eddie Alvarez

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

Eddie Alvarez

When I joined UFC, I said I want to be involved in fights where millions of fans are watching, biting their fingernails, thinking, 'What the heck is going to go on here?'

Eddie Alvarez

I rarely think that when a guy loses a fight, it's a weight issue. You can either fight, or you can't.

Eddie Alvarez

I don't have a nickname. But, hey, they can call me what they want - The Silent Assassin, The Underground King. In Japan, they call me American Knuckle Star. Call me what you want.

Eddie Alvarez

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.

Eddie Alvarez

I know what I can do at 155.

Eddie Alvarez

It's hard when you win the title to not think, 'I'm here. Now what do I do?'

Eddie Alvarez

Gray Maynard? Kenny Florian? All these guys, they're UFC fighters, that's all. They're pushed by the UFC, but when they leave the UFC, they're forgotten. When's the last time you heard Josh Neer's name? You haven't. When's the last time you heard about Roger Hurerta? You haven't. They're no ones anymore.

Eddie Alvarez

Regardless of the magnitude, the crowd, or the pay-per-view sales, the goal is to beat the guy in front of me.

Eddie Alvarez

I like to be with my back against the wall in dangerous situations.

Eddie Alvarez

The truth is, a large majority of the market, I'd guess 80 percent, doesn't know anything more than what they are sold.

Eddie Alvarez

I think sports is a quest to find out what really is - not what perceptions are.

Eddie Alvarez

I want to fight Gilbert Melendez.

Eddie Alvarez

I was never the most technical; I was never the best at one aspect at this sport, but what I was always good as was negating people's strengths and putting them in terrible situations where they're uncomfortable.

Eddie Alvarez

The fighters and the fights are what makes UFC great.

Eddie Alvarez

I've said it from the very beginning: Fighting the best guys in the world doesn't pay as good as the circus. I want to join the circus. I'm trying to get that circus money.

Eddie Alvarez

I boxed. I did track and field; I did basketball, football, any sport I was able to sign up for.

Eddie Alvarez

I enjoy fights the most once them nerves go away and you settle into the fight. That's when you can have your fun and be creative and just kind of be yourself.

Eddie Alvarez