I've shared it with my coaches and my training partners, and I always tell them, 'Don't you dare touch my face. If you hit me, I'm going to hit you.' That's how injuries start. — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
That's the reason why you don't make it to the fights because you go in there, and you want to show off in the gym with someone else and then there are injuries. — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I used to think differently. Before, it was 'Oh, I have to get the title.' That mindset is kind of gone. — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I met BJ once down in Albuquerque, it was before my fight with Andre Fili. I met him there, we did a little bit… — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
In the Frankie Edgar fight, my eye was completely closed. I couldn't see nothing, but I was willing to keep on going. Not everybody's… — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I think during the process of growing and becoming a star, you just stop trusting a lot of people. — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I know I'm still a rising star for the sport or whatever, but I know I have done a lot already. — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter who it is, I'm going to respect him the same way. — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
It makes sense to me that the winner between me and Frankie would face the winner of Aldo and Max. That's what I'm looking… — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
You know you're going to get hit when you fight and if you don't want to get hit, you shouldn't be in this sport. — Yair Rodriguez Copy Share Image
