Conor McGregor Quotes

I think everybody should have the attitude that you can't allow yourself to be hurt. You avoid a lot just with that attitude.

I became good at defending myself, but as far as I was concerned, that was a transient skill.

I have an instinct for survival, for self-preservation.

I knew that if-God forbid-anything ever happened in my life, I needed to know how to take care of myself.

I'd learned a lot in the Army. I knew that above all things in the world I had to become so big, so strong that people and their hatred could never touch me.

Nobody can make me cry in public. I'll punch them first before they make my mascara smear.

I can't take nothing for granted. I have to really protect myself - either get out of bounds or continue to finish the play.

I conditioned myself many years ago that nobody could hurt me.

The thing to do is to build a fortress within yourself.

Be your own place of safety, she told herself, straightening. No crossbar in the world could protect her from what lay ahead, and neither could a tiny knife ticked in her boot - though there her tiny knife would most certainly remain - and neither could a man, not even Akiva. She had to be her own strength, complete unto herself.

I know how to look after myself.

The only person to look out for me is me. I've got to make sure Corey Clark is all right.

There ain't nothing from the outside that can lick any of us.

In the end, you have to protect yourself at all times.

I always knew I was different and that people had opinions about me. I guess I learned as best as I can to shield out a lot and live my life from within.

Your security is not in the hands of Kerry, Bush or al-Qaida. Your security is in your own hands.

If you're being attacked by something on the outside, which I feel a lot being in show business, you just have to dial it back and breathe and know that you are protected.

There's no room in my life for feeling sorry for myself.

Since being quite young, I've had a very strong sense of independence and survival. As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally.

We should be able to defend ourselves by ourselves.

I'm very focused on what I do professionally, and I'm very focused on my family, and I don't really get too stressed out about what people say or what other people think. In fact, it's not on my radar at all. If there's anything negative, I don't want to know about it. I just do my own thing and get on with my life.

I'm not a victim.

I never had any desire to defend myself, and never did I seriously think about it.

Some experiences can give you a chip on your shoulder, but they also teach you the value of independence and looking out for yourself.

I train as smart as I can. I'm not concerned what others think. I do what works for me.