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Wrestling Quotes by Nick Diaz

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Nick Diaz talks about fighting with a serious mindset. He says lowball offers and negotiations while training are rude, and he refuses to fight for fun. He also mentions being fearless, not fearing conditioning, and seeing himself as a model for other fighters.

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What I do is, I fight.

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I'm a pay-per-view without a title.

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I love jiu-jitsu, and I love my team.

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I'm ready to fight anybody.

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I'll fight anywhere.

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I am a fighter. It's what I am.

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I did aikido when I was four years old.

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I don't recommend anybody becoming a fighter.

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Everybody wants to do a fight with me, champions at 170, champions at 185.

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I've never backed out of a fight in my life. That's not what I do.

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I'm the most overworked, overtrained, underpaid fighter.

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I'm not fanatical or in love with being an MMA fighter.

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Every other fighter has a life on the side. I've never had another job.

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I don't know how they judge fights sometimes.

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Have you ever seen me knock somebody out and make a big scene? Hell no.

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I'm just going to do what I always do: train. And when it's time to fight, I go fight.

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The UFC wants me to fight. The people want me to fight. I don't want me to fight.

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There's no reason for me to come and fight for fun. I don't do that. That's not what I do.

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Stockton is a great fight town because if you drive long enough on some of these roads, you'll probably see a pretty…

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When someone tells you a fighter's injured and they tell you to go after an injury, it really throws you off.

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As far as MMA, I want to say there's maybe five guys that do jiu-jitsu that have an actual level of understanding…

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I think it's rude of the UFC to try and lowball me and expect me to negotiate a deal while I'm training…

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Belts aren't important. It's the fights that are important. Important to the fans, important to the show.

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You know, I'm never really 100-percent in any of those fights, because it's so hard to have perfect preparation for fighting and…

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I felt like my job is to go out there and put on a good show, amazing fights and give an amazing…

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People want to see real skill level, real Jiu Jitsu, real boxing, put together and mixed up. They want to see mixed…

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My first experience of doing martial arts was weird, real traditional, strange smell with incense burning. We did a lot of bowing,…

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I don't want to say I was a big Shinya Aoki fan, but it's just that I felt like he got out…

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I like Georges. I'm a fan of Georges St-Pierre. I appreciate everything he does, and how he does everything to win, and…

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You see me. What you see is what you get. You get real martial arts, you get real fighting, you get a…

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I'm the original Conor McGregor. I'm the original model of Conor McGregor. He wouldn't be who he is if it wasn't for…

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Fighters are afraid of conditioning, they are afraid of getting tired, but I don’t want to have anxiety or be afraid of…

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I don't care about the Strikeforce belt.

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It's a really complicated road if you're an MMA fighter.

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I'm not in love with fighting. I never was.

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I just come to fight. Whatever happens out there happens.

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I live a fight life, I can do what I want to win a fight.

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I've been watching Frank Shamrock fight since the beginning.

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In order to love fighting, I have to hate it.

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I like the idea of being able to fight my way out of something.

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Everybody points their finger at me and says that I'm the crazy guy and this thug.

I think it's rude of the UFC to try and lowball me and expect me to negotiate a deal while I'm training for a…

If I have a girlfriend, I don’t bring her to flaunt her. She doesn’t get to reap the benefits of me being famous.

I will always tell the truth.

It's a really complicated road if you're an MMA fighter.

I just want to do something big if I do anything at all.

There's no reason for me to come and fight for fun. I don't do that. That's not what I do.

I just come to fight. Whatever happens out there happens.

When someone tells you a fighter's injured and they tell you to go after an injury, it really throws you off.

“Don't be scared homie!”

Im not trying to hate on nobody.I love everybody that works towards what I was working towards.Its a hard game,its a hard life.

Stylistically, though, I've always liked Carlos Condit, because he at least amounted to at least the level of doing what I do. I mean,…

I don't like that I'm made out to be this evil person, who needs to be shot down and conquered.

I may not be able to keep fighting for money for a living, but I will always have to fight for my dignity, because…

I'm the original Conor McGregor. I'm the original model of Conor McGregor. He wouldn't be who he is if it wasn't for me. Nothing…