Dustin Poirier Quotes

Nate Diaz sucks.

I really, truly appreciate Conor McGregor's style - his fighting style and the way he talks. The reason why is because he reminds me of a young Mike Tyson, a young Muhammad Ali, the way he talks.

Errol Spence is a fighter. He wants to hurt you.

Conor McGregor has been a tremendous inspiration to me.

Look at Colby Covington. The guy can fight, and the guy can talk. To a lot of people, he just grinds people out, and many people consider him boring, but because he opens his mouth, people want to watch him fight. A lot of people want to see him win; a lot of people want to see him lose.

I like Mark Hunt and I've always said good things about Mark Hunt. He goes a little bit off the rails every now and again, but I've never done anything but respect Mark Hunt.

Holly Holm is a heck of an athlete and a heck of a fighter.

I'm a knockout specialist who comes to fight and who's exciting to watch.

I'm an entertaining fighter.

A lot of the athletes moved away from boxing, into UFC - which I think is really crazy, where they elbow to the head and knee to the jaw. I think that's really a barbaric sport - but boxing is coming back.

I'm a great fighter all around the board.

Everyone else is a mixed martial artist. I'm not a mixed martial artist, I'm a brawler.

You look at De La Hoya, and you think that he is an actor or a singer. I'd like to rearrange a couple of things on his face so the pretty boy becomes just another boxer.

I'm just a fighter.

Ground and pound is my thing, everyone knows that.

Style-wise, dos Santos is going to be an excellent fight for me - striker against striker. With my experience, I should have the upper hand.

I think Manuwa is a very dangerous fighter.

Kirkland and Khan are chinny fighters. I am not like that.

I have been an athlete for much of my life starting at the age of 4.

Football and boxing helped me immensely. Those sports helped me become dangerous.

I'm not just a grappler.

I am the best cruiserweight in the world.

Kicking's kicking. Pressure's pressure. You beat other guys just to get drafted.

I get paid to beat people up, which is the greatest job in the world.

People say McGregor is tall and all that. He's as tall as I am, or maybe even shorter. He might have a longer reach, but I've fought Nate Diaz and Cerrone, who had reach advantage, and fought Anthony Pettis and Ben Henderson.