98 Quotes by Eddie Alvarez

I think bullying in general is for cowards.

When I say 'fighter,' I am thinking about how you deal with adversity, how you deal with being in bad situations.

I've done it a couple times where I've had fight of the year. It's not what you aspire to.

Gray Maynard? Kenny Florian? All these guys, they're UFC fighters, that's all. They're pushed by the UFC, but when they leave the UFC, they're forgotten. When's the last time you heard Josh Neer's name? You haven't. When's the last time you heard about Roger Hurerta? You haven't. They're no ones anymore.

The truth is, a large majority of the market, I'd guess 80 percent, doesn't know anything more than what they are sold.

I don't have a nickname. But, hey, they can call me what they want - The Silent Assassin, The Underground King. In Japan, they call me American Knuckle Star. Call me what you want.

I think sports is a quest to find out what really is - not what perceptions are.

The fans, man, the fans have a little different way of thinking. They really applaud the spirit of fighters, and that put a huge influence on the type of energy I fought with, rather than if I won or lost. America's a real win-or-lose culture, where with the Japanese, fighting with spirit is enough.

The business aspect of this sport is a contradiction to what it's really about, and that's knowing something for what it is and not just what it looks like.