Yair Rodriguez Quotes

Yair Rodriguez

Profession : Mixed Martial Artist

Birth : October 6, 1992

I give my all to this career and to this life and I've sacrificed a lot of things that a lot of people aren't willing to do.

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You always have to give the benefit of the doubt to your opponent, how he's feeling.

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Jeremy Stephens is a fight I didn't want to take because he was behind me on the rankings. Not because of his toughness or whatever.

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I'm the guy who, I never say much, I just act.

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People live in the past too much. They live the past.

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If you live in the present, you are happy.

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I've been learning, this is one of the things that I've been learning: If you are living in the past, you're depressed. If you are living in the future, you have anxiety.

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Everybody has their own battles to deal with.

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I work hard every day - like, really, really hard.

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I wake up thinking about it, I eat thinking of it, and I train thinking all my life is around just one thing, and that's to become the best fighter in the world. That's it.

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A lot of people from Brazil and Russia and Europe, they follow me; they send me messages and follow me. I feel blessed.

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Once you're a fighter you can not feel bad over a guy. You have to keep on kicking him, no matter what.

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I want to be the next Muhammad Ali.

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I want to be an example for all the people around the world. I want to be that guy. I know it's going to be hard. I know a lot of people aren't going to like it, but I just want to keep working hard.

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I speak Spanish and English.

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When I die, I want my name to stay here just like Muhammad Ali did. I want to be that guy. I want to be the guy who your kids or your friends' kids follow because I don't have any tattoos.

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Anybody could fight for the title, it's just a matter of timing.

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I think Josh Emmett is right there. I have said before that he could fight for the title, I could fight for the title.

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A loss is a good learning experience if you take it that way, but it also isn't a win.

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Max had a lot of experience on me and he taught me some things. He showed me that I needed to keep my strategy and stick to my strategy instead of going too wild on things like jumping around too much or doing crazy stuff.

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