Eddie Alvarez Quotes

The people who influenced me most were the people who said I would never make it. They gave me a thirst for revenge.

I think maybe there's a part of me that needs adversity from the rest of the world in order to feel motivated to want to prove people wrong. I need people to be like, 'What is this weirdo doing?'

If I see a fan talking down on my resume or another fighter, it just motivates me to go out there and prove them wrong and fight the fighters that they say will beat me or that will give me trouble in the ring. They ain't going to never really give you no credit, no matter what you do.

Ninety percent of the media picked Pavlik, and I always appreciate naysayers. That's what motivates me.

I'm going to keep proving people wrong because I have a lot of people to prove wrong, a lot of doubters.

Every time I go out there, I have something to prove. Something more, something different.

I really get motivated when I have doubters.

I like to see people doubt me.

I think what I try to do with all the naysayers, negative comments, or even people that think you can't do it, I'm trying very hard to use it as motivation and to add to that chip on my shoulder.

I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong.

You either listen to the naysayers and fall into the pit of self-loathing, or you stay on the path and move forward.

When people tell me I can't do something, that's what excites me. It makes me perform better.

When people push back on you and don't think you can do it, and you struggle a little bit and wonder if they're right, it drives you to be successful and to be a great player.

You just want to prove people wrong and, over time, people start believing in you.

I keep working hard to show people they're wrong.

I use my haters as my motivators.

Every little bit of hate just gees me on to do better and prove them all wrong.

Personal titles aren't something which motivate me.

I love putting a chip on my shoulder. It's just more motivation to go out there and show my ability.

People have said to me, 'It must be nice to prove so many people wrong,' but I've never really cared about proving anything to anybody else.

I always used the media - if people were having a go I could use it as motivation to prove them wrong.

Definitely, as an Indian, I'm seen as an outsider, and definitely, the jeers come from that. But I enjoy it; I even encourage it. Whatever noise they make when I'm in the ring, it motivates me, drives me to do better.

I am not the type who'd enter the best schools just to prove myself.

When somebody says I can't do something, it motivates me to do it.

Coming from a smaller school, you kind of have a chip on your shoulder, so to speak.