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Nick Diaz

(1983) Mixed Martial Arts Fighter United States

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Nick Diaz is a mixed martial arts fighter from the United States.

Quick Facts About Nick Diaz

Born: August 2, 1983
Nationality: United States
Profession: Mixed Martial Arts Fighter

About Nick Diaz

Nick also won Welterweight titles in Strikeforce, WEC and IFC, and he challenged for a UFC title. He has also competed in PRIDE, EliteXC, DREAM and Shooto. He is the older brother of former UFC fighter Nate Diaz, and the two brothers are considered a major influence in mixed‑martial arts.

Quotes by Nick Diaz · Page 3

Sometimes I'm like, man, I wish I'd just fall off, so people stop talking about me.

Man

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

Fighter

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I enjoy fighting here in Japan under the regular Dream/Pride rules with the ring and the whole rules criteria.

Dreams

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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 not going backwards in this sport ever, especially in pay. Why would I?

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I love athletics and martial-arts and competition because it gets me right and puts me in the right place.

Competition

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That's a disgusting thought to have to fight my brother. I don't even appreciate being asked about that.

Being

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If I had someone buttering me up, maybe I'd have worked out. You don't even know where I came from. Nobody wants…

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I don't fight my friends... I don't care how much money you put in front of me, I don't care if you…

Care

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I think for hundreds of years or for a much longer time, people have been fighting, professional athletes have been fighting in…

Cage

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I don't have anything against Georges St-Pierre. I think he's a great fighter. I think he's a nice guy just like everybody…

Fighter

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I want to go against the best fighters. That's why I'm always calling out Georges St-Pierre.

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They pay me way too much money but not enough as far as I'm concerned.

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I was never, like, picking on people or anything like that. I was more the other way around. I was a little…

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I do get paid well as an MMA fighter, but this isn't boxing and I feel like we should get paid like…

Boxing

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I will tell you right now, I want to fight the No. 1 fighter in the world. I always said that I…

Fight

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I held off on having kids and getting married so I could fight. I gave my life to this.

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Fighting is not something that I enjoy doing. It's something that I do that I feel that I have to do.

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A lot of guys have to worry about what their wives and kids think, I don't.

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I just want to display my skills to the world because I can do it all.

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This is my life. It's everything I do, train eight-hour days every day.

Day

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Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who's in tune with what's really going on.

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I had my mom drive me to practice everywhere. I'm really grateful I had her.

Drive

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If anybody wants to fight me they know where to find me. I'm not a hard guy to find. Come get some.

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For me, I already fought some of the best people there are. I already did, you know, what I need to do…

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I've learned from my mistakes in the past, why I thought I've lost fights before.

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

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I drink 10 pounds of water and sweat out 10 pounds of water every day.

Day

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You know what? I've never paid taxes in my life. I'm probably going to go to jail.

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Martial arts, when I do martial arts, it's more of a life type of training.

Art

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

Being famous

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I may not be able to keep fighting for money... but I will always have to fight for my dignity, because that's…

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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…

Games

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