Top 40 MMA Quotes (2025 Update)

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

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Attitude Quotes, Powerful Motivational Quotes, Excellence Quotes, Sports Quotes

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

— Eric Thomas

Also featured in: Dreaming Big Quotes, Effort Quotes, Empowerment Quotes, Self-Empowerment Quotes

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

— Conor McGregor

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

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Positivity Quotes, Positive Thinking Quotes, Passion Quotes, Feel Better Quotes

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

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes, Good Morning Quotes, Moving Forward Quotes

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

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Self-Esteem Quotes, Self-Worth Quotes, Reflection Quotes, Individuality Quotes

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

Also featured in: Sports Quotes

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

— Miyamoto Musashi

Also featured in: Strategy Quotes, Winning Quotes, Fighting Quotes

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

— Conor McGregor

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

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Personality Quotes, Hard Hitting Quotes

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

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Enjoy Life Quotes, Creative Quotes, Fun Quotes, Weekend Quotes

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

— Conor McGregor

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

— Conor McGregor

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

— Bas Rutten

Also featured in: Martial Arts Quotes, Hurt Quotes

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

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Art Quotes

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

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Preparation Quotes, 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

Also featured in: Competition Quotes, Gym Motivation Quotes, Martial Arts Quotes

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: Values Quotes, Quotes About People, 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: Fitness Quotes, Doubt Quotes

26. “I work hard and fight easy.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Action Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Fighting Quotes

27. “I am comfortable in the uncomfortable.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Fighting Quotes

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, Athlete Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Quotes About Dreams

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

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Enjoy Life Quotes

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: Confidence Quotes, Taking Action Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes, Quotes About People

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

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Fighting Quotes

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

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Fighting Quotes, Worry Quotes

35. “Movement for me is meditation.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Moving Quotes, Meditation 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

Also featured in: Fighting Quotes, Competition Quotes

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

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Quotes About Trying, Ambition Quotes, Gym Quotes, Perfection Quotes

39. “Don’t impersonate. Innovate.”

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Short Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Individuality Quotes

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

— Conor McGregor

Also featured in: Hate Quotes