Top 40 MMA Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Excellence is not a skill, excellence is an attitude.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Attitude Quotes, Quotes About Skills

2. “No Alarm Clock Needed. My Passion Wakes Me.”

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Passion Quotes

3. “Be passionate, be optimistic, be grateful.”

— Conor McGregor

4. “You must improvise, adapt, and overcome.”

— Conor McGregor

5. “Keep positive and keep pushing on and things will turn good.”

— Conor McGregor

6. “All that matters is how you see yourself.”

— Conor McGregor

7. “Smart work pays best. Trust it.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Smart Quotes

8. “When you pay attention to detail, the big picture will take care of itself.”

— Georges St-Pierre

9. “An injury is not just a process of recovery it’s a process of discovery.”

— Conor McGregor

10. “You win battles by knowing the enemy’s timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

Also featured in: Winning Quotes

11. “Know yourself, to know others.”

— Conor McGregor

12. “Every little thing you do leads up to a bigger thing.”

— Georges St-Pierre

13. “At the end of the day you gotta feel some way. So why not feel unbeatable? Why not feel untouchable.”

— Conor McGregor

14. “I fear no man. If you breathe oxygen, I do not fear you.”

— Conor McGregor

15. “There’s a Celtic saying, “Many a time a man’s mouth broke his nose.””

— Conor McGregor

16. “There’s people that focus on the game and forget about the art. There’s that specific special individual that can do both.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Art Quotes

17. “It’s only pain, it will not hurt you.”

— Bas Rutten

Also featured in: Hurt Quotes

18. “Be spontaneous, be creative, go out and have fun, let things happen naturally.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Fun Quotes, Creative Quotes

19. “Face adversity head on in your training and you will conquer it smoothly in your fight.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Fighting Quotes, Adversity Quotes

20. “Always be civil, but with a plan to neutralise everyone in the room.”

— Conor McGregor

21. “I plot my ascent daily.”

— Conor McGregor

22. “Good health is true wealth.”

— Urijah Faber

23. “Look out for those who look out for you. Loyalty is everything.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Loyalty Quotes

24. “Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn’t have a cent.”

— Mike Tyson

25. “The support gets me to the gym but the doubt keeps me there.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Doubt Quotes

26. “I work hard and fight easy.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Fighting Quotes

27. “I am comfortable in the uncomfortable.”

— Conor McGregor

28. “I keep having vivid dreams of success. Then it’s time to sleep.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Sleep Quotes

29. “I pursue this dream and carry on. I don’t dwell too much on the outside, I just focus on the inside.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Focus Quotes

30. “Appreciate your surroundings and be grateful for it and that’s when good things happen.”

— Conor McGregor

31. “Think street, train sport.”

— Conor McGregor

32. “I’m just going to keep doing what I’m doing. Keep proving people wrong and proving myself right.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Quotes About People

33. “Pressure is an illusion, but I like that illusion of pressure.”

— Conor McGregor

34. “Movement for me is meditation.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Meditation Quotes

35. “I don’t worry about my opponent or their game, I worry about my game.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Worry Quotes

36. “I stay ready so I don’t have to get ready.”

— Conor McGregor

37. “I don’t relax, I don’t celebrate. I sit and plot.”

— Conor McGregor

38. “Don’t impersonate. Innovate.”

— Conor McGregor

39. “I’m definitely on the pursuit of perfection. I will always be learning.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Perfection Quotes

40. “I have never encountered a winner that held hate towards something.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Hate Quotes