Eddie Alvarez Quotes

I'm never out there looking for the KO. If it's there, I'll take it.

It's important to have the right strategy. I can't commit to things or fight like I used to. I can't just bang it out. I have to be more intelligent in training and in fighting.

Being able to adjust - to any fighter, no matter what pressure he can give me - I'm going to show I can do all that.

I have a master chief that always said, punch and run.

I'm not afraid of IED's, bullets, mortars.

Well British troops are superb in the field in terms of conflict.

Those guys were made for me and Muhammad because they come straight in and don't back up but you had to watch out for his punching power but if we could have neutralized that then we would have been fine.

I used to be so aggressive, but after a while I started learning. It's not that I know how to adapt, but I know all styles of fighting so I can change my style of fighting to whatever it needs to be. That just comes from years of training and a lot of sparring partners.

Our magnificent cadre of military officers have the kind of performance at military procurement as our magnificent cadre of business executives would have if they did the fighting—terrible!

… one of my soldiers can handle three Communist soldiers

Posture for combat is so vital.

We trained like we fight.

As combat infantrymen and special operators, we received thousands of hours of firearms training.

Boxing is not always about standing in the middle going toe to toe. It's about poise and grace under extreme pressure.

Every fighter fights in the ring the way his opponent lets him fight.

That's my goal for every fight, is to hit them as hard as I can.

I think a fighter should be ready and able to adapt to anything that is in front of him in the ring.

In the Premier League, you don't have one second to breathe - you have to be on it from the first minute. If you lose focus - just for a few seconds - the game will pass you by. It's 100 miles an hour.

Standing toe to toe with another fighter, I could probably do well, but a smart fighter is not going to stand toe to toe with me, and they're going to move to a weakness.

I had 33 kickboxing fights, 37 MMA fights, plus 44 amateur boxing fights, which most of them were international. I will keep fighting as long as I feel good, but I will repeat once more, any fight could be the last one.

My strength is my unpredictablity. I can wrestle, I can strike, I can move fast, and I do a good job of covering up. And because of my experience, I'm able to put myself in good positions in the ring. The guys I fight, they have to be ready for anything.

In the lead-up to fights, I'm very relaxed, very calm.

Things happen fast. That's this league. You can't slow down, because it's going.

I'm not really into researching my opponents or other fighters other than the ones that I like.

Action game players make more correct decisions per unit time. If you are a surgeon or you are in the middle of a battlefield, that can make all the difference.