Al Iaquinta Quotes

Al Iaquinta

Profession : Mixed Martial Artist

Birth : April 30, 1987

The first fight I saw was back at UFC 53, I got like $250 tickets, which back then got you real close and I was in high school and I thought I've got to get in there. I've got to experience this. When I got in there I fell in love with it.

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I was just like a loose cannon. I was just wild, man. I was really just a wild, wild, strong wrestler with good boxing.

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When you sell a house there's not 20,000 people screaming at you.

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A workout is supposed to make you stronger and better. To work out and have it make you hurt more, get more discouraged. That'll put your mind in a bad place.

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The UFC doesn't make me. I make them. We make them. That's what no one understands. No one gets it.

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I'm just too smart and I'm too well-rounded.

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There's a time for negotiating and holding out and then there's go time.

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It's been documented, Doug Crosby has a long-going feud with - well, not a feud, but whatever, he hates on us, most particularly Ray Longo.

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I don't really look at the rankings. That doesn't really hold too much water with me.

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I fight, a little extra money. That's all it is.

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I'm not scared to dig myself into a ditch and try to find a way out.

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The top-15 in the UFC, anyone can beat anyone. It's just style matchups and who shows up on a particular day.

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Fighting's so stressful.

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I want to fight Tony Ferguson. I want to fight Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier.

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To be ranked No. 10 in the world, in anything, you know how to get good at whatever you do. If I put that work ethic toward whatever I'm doing, if it's real estate, I know I'll be successful.

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There's nothing I enjoyed more than fighting. When I hurt my knee and I thought my career was over, that was a hard, hard time for me. Because I do, there's nothing I like more than fighting. But there's nothing I like more than standing up for what I think is right, and what I think I've earned.

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There's no one that works as hard as me. I'm in the gym everyday.

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I got my personal training, I got my real estate license and I'm living comfortably. I don't need to fight now.

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Ask Dana White about a union. He'll come with the same answer every time. 'Oh, well they can't unionize because they're independent contractors.' Right around it. Why doesn't he talk about it?

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I'm focused on freaking punching people and taking them down and ground and pound and submission. That's the stuff I'm focused on, my craft.

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