I'm not fighting just to fight. I'm fighting to be the world champ. — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
You can't just be only going to the gym when you sign a fight contract or you'll just be the same fighter… — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
My goal is to prosper and be a world champion and make money and retire and say I did it. — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
My whole career, the ups, the downs, the victories, the defeats, the lessons I've learned and kept rolling, that's what's made me… — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
You have to be tough. All these guys are tough. But at some point, you have to outsmart and outhink and outplan… — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
Cutting to featherweight took months of intense weight cutting and training. Going to lightweight, I can fight more often. — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
Conor McGregor seems like a good athlete, he seems like a decent counter-puncher. But, he also seems like a scumbag. — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
I want to entertain the fans and put on great fights and have 'Fight of the Nights' and have exiting matchups, but… — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
I knew I had the ability to become a world champion, I knew I did. I knew I just needed the opportunity. — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
Now I'm with the American Top Team, I'm a better fighter, I'm a more patient fighter, I've improved in every aspect. — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
Of course every fighter, whether they admit it or not, they have aches and pains and they go into fights hurt. — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
I probably should have been fighting at 155 for a long time, but I was so close to the top at 145. — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
I've just been in a lot of big fights, and I've been in some good spots and some bad spots. — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
Grit, determination, the right amount of crazy, self belief - everything it takes to be a champion. I have that. — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
Win or lose or draw, you always go back and critique your performance and say you could have done things better. Even if I… — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
I probably should have been fighting at 155 for a long time, but I was so close to the top at 145. — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
I knew I had the ability to become a world champion, I knew I did. I knew I just needed the opportunity. — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
The side of town, the side of Louisiana that I grew up on, there's a lot of poverty. — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
I've put it all on the line every time, win, lose, or draw, and that's what I want to be left behind in my… — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
I don't want to have an asterisk next to my accomplishments for the rest of my life. I don't want everybody to say, 'interim… — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
You have to be tough. All these guys are tough. But at some point, you have to outsmart and outhink and outplan these top… — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
You can go out and get anything you want if you work hard enough for it and believe in yourself. — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
I just want fights like that. Fights that get me excited. Fights that are going to be exciting. — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
I want a rematch with Cub Swanson, I think I deserve to be 100 percent and fight. — Dustin Poirier Copy Share Image
