Dustin Poirier Quotes

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Dustin Poirier

Profession : Athlete

Birth : January 19, 1989

I need to celebrate life because I'm in a good spot, I work hard, and I am happy with who I am and happy with what I do for a living, and sometimes I just focus and overwhelm myself so much with the fights and getting better, that I just need to slow it down and enjoy life and enjoy training.

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Destiny doesn't make mistakes.

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Grit, determination, the right amount of crazy, self belief - everything it takes to be a champion. I have that.

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My father was a fighter. My grandfather was a fighter. It's just in my blood.

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Everybody has their own path. Everybody peaks at different times.

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They had to re-shape the head of my femur back round. They had to trim my hip socket up a little bit. I had a lot of extra bone growth just from years of stressing it out. Because of that bone growth, it caused an impingement in my hip, which tore my labrum off the bone.

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Adversity teaches a man a lot about himself.

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Win or lose or draw, you always go back and critique your performance and say you could have done things better. Even if I put the guy away in one round, I can go back and say I made a lot of mistakes and need to tighten up. But that's the type of person I am. Improve. Improve. Improve. When I lose I come back stronger than ever.

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You can't just go in and say, 'I'm going to be tougher that you,' you know? Heavy bags are tough, but I've never been beat by one.

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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 legacy.

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It's MMA. Anything can happen. Nothing's for sure.

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My goal and path is always to get to the mountaintop and be a world champion, and leave a fighting legacy.

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Winning solves everything.

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All weight cuts are hard.

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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 the fighter I am today.

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I think a lot of fighters are cutting way too much weight.

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I want to fight for the real belt, not the interim title.

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People I grew up with, my family, work in the oil fields. Everyone works a labor job - construction, concrete. All we know is work. It's a physical culture.

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I want a rematch with Cub Swanson, I think I deserve to be 100 percent and fight.

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I feel like I've always been a great fighter but I'm learning the patience part of it and not getting overwhelmed with emotion and adrenaline and going out there and brawling like a maniac.

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