Conor McGregor Quotes

I'm proud of the fact that I was able to overcome long odds.

I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying you can't do it, and those people have to be ignored.

A long time ago when I was very little, I dreamed about being on stage. Some people told me I would never be able to do it, so I only paid attention to those who told me that I could.

And when I was saying I want to become number one of the world and I was 7, 8 years old, most of the people were laughing to me. Because you know, it seemed like I have one percent chances to do that. And I've done it.

I was the kid that was the 199th pick that never had the body for it. People didn't think I'd play one year in the NFL, and now I'm going on my 17th year.

I beat the odds, and I beat the odds so many times.

If people keep telling you you can't do a thing, then you need to find a really good reason to continue. If someone tells you you can't do something, how will you know? If someone tells you something is impossible, how will you know?

The people who put you down don't have to stop you from chasing your dreams. Stand up, and prove them wrong.

I had that laser focus, identified what I wanted when I was a kid, and never let anything get in my way. If you look on paper at who I am and what I sound like, and what I look like, you wouldn't say, 'Go into broadcasting.' It's just what I wanted to do - I knew that I could do it, and I never let anyone tell me that I couldn't.

When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.

Everything you try to do in life, of any value, people are going to be saying, 'No, no, no.' You have to have the ability to not see that or hear that.

Just keep on going and keep believing in your own original vision, no matter what odds you have to overcome. And especially don't be stopped by your own fears.

I became a writer in spite of my environments.

I haven't accepted anyone telling me what is or isn't possible and have just kept moving along toward my goals.

I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.

I've always had to prove myself to people growing up. I had to show them that I could do this and I could do that and paying no mind to what the critics said.

You know, I want to be the uncommon one. I think it's pretty cool that I'm only 5'11", you know, and playing in the National Football League.

When I graduated from Parsons School of Design, the dean at that time said I would never be a designer. Obviously I didn't listen.

My entire life, people have told me that I couldn't do certain things. They told me I couldn't go to college. They told me I couldn't go to Yale, Georgetown, couldn't end up doing much on Capitol Hill. Couldn't be party chair. And my response has always been, 'Watch me.'

If there's something that you're passionate about, don't let other people take that passion away from you. If they tell you it's something you can't do, most likely you can do it, so don't give up.

People said I wouldn't be in the NBA. People said I wouldn't be a starting center, this, that and the other. I just prove people wrong.

I've been defying the odds my entire life.

I never listened to people who said I wasn't going to make it.

I like to think I defied the odds my entire life, definitely my entire athletic career.

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