Conor McGregor Quotes

Every time I go out there, I just try to find the weakness of my opponent and then use that to my advantage.

We want to create a problem for the defense, a moment of indecision as they figure out how they want to play against whatever formation we may show. We get a slight edge this way. Also, we create the opportunity for a defense to make more mistakes.

These guys are playing checkers. I'm out here playing chess. When they figure it out, it's too late.

I try to exploit things against everybody; that's part of the game: beat the guy that guards me while you're beating their team.

When you're young, you might not be ready to deal with the frustration of playing the big guys and dealing with their power. But we move better, we see the ball earlier, we can play faster. That's why you see smaller guys able to compete. We use the power of our opponent.

I just challenge the big guys and attack them, and use my quickness to my advantage.

With my position, you have to kind of be three steps ahead of your opponent.

I outwit them, and then I outhit them

Power and speed aren't enough to overcome someone who is strategic, who knows what you'll do before you do it and can turn it on you; someone who is mentally engaged and combines the whole package.

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but to those who see it coming and jump aside.

Observe, orient, decide, act. It's fighter pilot terminology. If you have the faster OODA loop in a dogfight, you live. The other person dies. In Silicon Valley, the OODA loop of your decision-making is effectively what differentiates your ability to succeed.

At least before my hip replacement, I had a quick first step. I could get by you off the dribble. My business game is the same way. I can turn an idea into a business before you know it's going to be important. My first step will blow by you.

Keep people off-balance and in the dark by never revealing the purpose behind your actions. If they have no clue what you are up to, they cannot prepare a defense.

Of course the job has a lot of glamour. But it really is about being smarter than your average bear. Your mind is your best weapon. It's great when you're a good shot with an AK-47, but it's about being clever.

I was about 11 or 12 when I started, playing against bigger players. I would use my speed to get out of trouble.

You have to surprise opponents, keep them guessing. Doing the same thing over and over again without variation will not work.

I think we can keep people off-balance and ultimately we have to go score points, score one more point than the other team.

There's always going to be a way for me to go around a defense or play mind games and find a way to win.

If you are in business and you can do something to get ahead of your rival business, you are going to do it.

You never show what you are going to do; you always do what the opponent doesn't expect.

Wits always win, man, in the battle of brain versus brawn.

The one who punches doesn't win. The one who dodges punches wins.

You have a big playbook when you know something is really a win.

It's good to have different ways to break opponents down, and speed is a big part of my game.

A lot of guys are just as fast, just as strong, or just as big as me. But they're not going to be able to think the way I do on the field.