Dustin Poirier

I'm familiar with adversity.

— Dustin Poirier

I'm not the same fighter I used to be.

— Dustin Poirier

Fighting, you have to be selfish.

— Dustin Poirier

Nothing in my life was ever easy.

— Dustin Poirier

I've always fought the best guys.

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All weight cuts are hard.

— Dustin Poirier

Destiny doesn't make mistakes.

— Dustin Poirier

I don't usually talk crap about guys.

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

— Dustin Poirier

I really work hard to stay in great shape and make weight.

— Dustin Poirier

Everybody has their own path. Everybody peaks at different times.

— Dustin Poirier

I'm not a quitter, man. Just look at my history.

— Dustin Poirier

Normal pain is no problem, that just comes with the job.

— Dustin Poirier

Fighting has opened the path to redemption for me,

— Dustin Poirier

That grit of fighting is addictive, I'm scared of it. It's a very weird thing.

— Dustin Poirier

This sport is a crazy thing, and what happens, it's unpredictable.

— Dustin Poirier

I feel like everybody's who fighting, young fighters and still learning and growing, that should be their goal - to be the…

— Dustin Poirier

I've said it before, I'm not a matchmaker, I don't call the shots. I just prepare and fight the guys after I…

— Dustin Poirier

I'm chasing gold. And whatever fight can get me closer to being a world champion, those are the fights that I want.

— Dustin Poirier

I'm the kind of guy that grows, and that's what I do everyday in the gym. Work on new stuff and stay…

— Dustin Poirier

Focus on performance. Outcome is going to happen. No stress about that. Focus on performance.

— Dustin Poirier

If you move in and out, throw shots and use angles and the guy's feet are planted, you look a lot better.

— Dustin Poirier

If you're training for a fight, you're going to be pretty much, there's going to be days where you're hurting.

— Dustin Poirier

Of course, every time I get beat out there, I want to avenge those losses. I'm sure every fighter does.

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Yeah I do think featherweight is done for me. It sucks because I worked hard and fought a lot of hard fights…

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I feel like I've always been a great fighter but I'm learning the patience part of it and not getting overwhelmed with…

— Dustin Poirier

Seven years is a long time, and seven years of fighting the best guys in the best organization in the world, the…

— Dustin Poirier

They had to re-shape the head of my femur back round. They had to trim my hip socket up a little bit.…

— Dustin Poirier

I feel like I can submit Khabib, but feel like I'm going to stop him. I don't know how it's going to…

— Dustin Poirier

I need to celebrate life because I'm in a good spot, I work hard, and I am happy with who I am…

— Dustin Poirier

I want to entertain the fans and put on great fights and have 'Fight of the Nights' and have exiting matchups, but…

— Dustin Poirier

Years and years ago, like in 2006, my wife, I didn't have a car, she would drive me to weigh-ins, we would…

— Dustin Poirier

Win or lose or draw, you always go back and critique your performance and say you could have done things better. Even…

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I'm not a small guy.

— Dustin Poirier

Fighting is what I do.

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Winning solves everything.

— Dustin Poirier

I'm not really chasing rematches.

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I try to work on the small things.

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I never took the easy route.

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I have a pretty high fight IQ.

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