Al Iaquinta Quotes

Al Iaquinta

Profession : Mixed Martial Artist

Birth : April 30, 1987

I found myself in Russia training a bunch of rich businessmen. I was there for the hottest day ever. I brought three pairs of shorts. Moscow, I think 'Rocky' and Siberia. Then when I get there, it's like 100 degrees.

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I want to fight anybody ranked above me.

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That's the beauty of fighting sports, the fighters need to go out there without really knowing if they're winning, if they're losing, or if they have to go out there and finish.

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I'd tell you one thing: if I thought I was up two rounds, and they flashed the scorecards in-between the second and third, and I found out that I was down, I might have a mental breakdown. I might jump over the cage and attack the judges.

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I've been in there with the best and I've showed what I can do. Even through my losses.

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I used to like the anesthesia. It was like my favorite part of the whole thing, the 10 seconds before you go out. You just wake up. Now, I don't want to be in a hospital or anywhere near surgery or doctors or anything.

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There's no one as tough as me.

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That's where I feel the most normal. Everything feels like it's supposed to be. Waking up, coming to the gym, in the gym and helping the younger guys and training myself, giving an example for people to look up to. And also setting goals for myself every day, there's like a reason to wake up.

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I hit people, I've hit everybody. I had a tough time hitting him, and when I did hit him, it didn't have much of an effect on him. He's got a different style. Like, Dustin Poirier has more of a conventional boxing style. When someone is doing conventional things, you kind of know what's coming. With Khabib, it's a little different.

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I think I got the total package.

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It's crazy that a real estate agent on Long Island can make their show money for headlining a five-round fight against a top-six, top-seven guy in the world.

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I never really cared about anything in life. It was like once I get the champion thing, everything is gonna work out. Now I gotta kind of be like, I gotta work on some things and if it comes, it comes.

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I really enjoy selling the real estate.

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You want your name on the poster, you want your picture on there. You want to have to do the most media, the most everything. That shows all your hard work is paying off.

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I think Kevin Lee, he's big, he's strong, he's a good wrestler. But his stand up is not there, he's stiff.

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That's what happens. You knock people out, and then you get people ranked ahead of you.

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Three judges are supposed to be objective, see the fight how it is.

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I gotta have an immediate goal in the future.

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There's more to life than just being a UFC fighter.

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There's a reason why guys don't look good against me.

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