Dustin Poirier Quotes

I like to stand right in front of my opponent. I think it makes for an exciting fight.

I'm not scared of Jon Jones or Chris Weidman or whoever. I'm here to fight. That's it. It's simple.

When I get finished with fighting, I hope they ask the same questions. It's not my purpose to answer them. Boxing is the art of self-defense. I knock 'em out the first chance I get.

When you go out on the field, you don't go out to make friends... I play to win the game and not just to compete.

You know when a person goes into the ring to win, or at least not to lose. I mean, when a fighter is ready and goes to fight, than it can be seen by his look. Regardless of whether he gets hit or not, he goes forward, and regardless of whether he wins or loses, he wants to go forward, and it is clear from his burning eyes.

One of the things I always tell people is that when it comes to fighting and fight week, then I'm there for one purpose, and that's to fight and get the hell out of dodge.

I don't step back, that's football. It's about winning.

I was a born fighter before I got technical, and that's still in me.

I'm tactical, and I have a lot of heart - something that you don't see when you watch a lot of fights.

I never care about my opponents, especially now - I care about 'Gamebred' and 'Gamebred' is only going for the off button.

When I play the game, I play to win.

At the end of the day, when I step in that cage, I'm there to fight for my name. It's not about money; it's not about who's gonna win or lose. It's about me winning. That's all that matters.

All of my fights, I try to end the fight. That's my style.

I want the best guys the promotion has to offer, put them in front of me, and I'll beat them.

I don't have any ill will towards any of my opponents. I understand we are the highest calibre of athlete in this sport, and we will both go and give it our all. But I don't want anyone to misinterpret what I am saying: when we step into that octagon and we touch gloves, I am going to break his face.

The only thing I care about is winning. That's all. If you don't want to win, you don't want to be around me.

Some guys are admired for coming to play, as the saying goes. I prefer those who come to kill.

I definitely wanted this win today and I don't want anybody to talk about my nerves anymore.

The No. 1 thing is you want to be able to win the game, and we're going to do whatever we have to do to win the game.

It goes back to my childhood. I never expected not to win. It's about winning. Winning's fun.

You always want to feel better but I'm good. My thing is once you get to the playoffs, you do whatever it takes. You've got to lay it on the line.

The way you play, you need to talk about winning. Don't talk about keeping your card - talk about winning.

Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.

I just want to do what I do best, and that's fight. I love it.

There are no gentlemen in anything competitive - you want to win.