Any time Nate Diaz fights, I'm tuning in, I promise you.
That grit of fighting is addictive, I'm scared of it. It's a very weird thing.
It's not hard to look great against a guy who isn't moving a lot.
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.
I come from south Louisiana where everyone has a blue-collar work ethic.
I've just been in a lot of big fights, and I've been in some good spots and some bad spots.
It's MMA. Anything can happen. Nothing's for sure.
My dream is to be the best fighter at 155 pounds in the world.
Yeah I do think featherweight is done for me. It sucks because I worked hard and fought a lot of hard fights and did a lot of things right to move up the rankings and I have to abandon all that moving to 155 starting fresh.
I'm not the same fighter I used to be.
Fighting comes down to who you are as a person. With B.J. Penn, he has no problems, not a hard upbringing and came up with money or whatever and he's just a fighter, he enjoys the fight and he refined his skills so I don't think it necessarily has to be a rough upbringing for guys to be great fighters.
I have mouths to feed and I want big fights!
I don't talk bad about people who I roll with.
There's always the pressure to win. That never goes away, but being a main event, I want to go out there and put on a great show for the fans and live up to being a main event. That doesn't really stress me out or pressure me anymore. The fight is enough.
You can't just be only going to the gym when you sign a fight contract or you'll just be the same fighter every time, just more experienced.
I'm not fighting just to fight. I'm fighting to be the world champ.
Cutting to featherweight took months of intense weight cutting and training. Going to lightweight, I can fight more often.
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.
I knew I had the ability to become a world champion, I knew I did. I knew I just needed the opportunity.
Grit, determination, the right amount of crazy, self belief - everything it takes to be a champion. I have that.
