“You have to punch hard for knockouts, and to beat me, you These guys talk when I’m injured, but when I’m healthy, where are these guys? Tony or Conor, it doesn’t matter. Or maybe they’re going to fight it each other? It doesn’t matter.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“I have a big big fire inside, and I really want to compete with the bests fighter’s in the world. This is not about the best fighter from a country, or somewhere. This is about 7 billion people, who’s the best? Bring this guy.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“I never have a problem with the weight cut. My number one enemy is injuries because I train so hard.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“You have to punch hard for knockouts, and to beat me, you have to knock me out.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“When you have a hard life, a tough life, success becomes very easy.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“I need eight weeks, train hard, last one week make weight, and go to the war. Because when I go to the war, I have to know I am ready or no.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“Family plays a big part in my life, and I always put them ahead of everything. I don’t see anything more important in this life than family. I think we should always put them first.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“I never fight for the money, this is about my heart, this is about my spirit, this is about where I am from.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“When there a difficult decisions appear in my life, there are difficult questions to answer… I consult loved ones.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“My style is not like anyone. I’m not a typical wrestler.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“I’m from Dagestan, I’m born in Dagestan, and Dagestan is a different level for people living a tough life, people living in the mountains.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“I train, eat, sleep, and repeat.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“I know America is very nice and very good people. I’m a professional athlete. I come here. I never have a problem with somebody about my religion, about my name. I am happy. I’m always comfortable because I never do anything wrong. All the time I do something right. I follow all the rules.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“They’re all fake belts. To be honest, I think the real belt is Tony Ferguson’s.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“I don’t think I’m a bad guy from Dagestan. I think I’m a good guy from Dagestan. But for my opponents, for sure, I’m a bad guy because when I go to the cage every time, I smash my opponents.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“I care about my legacy.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“Of course, I am tough, but I am smart, too. I’m more smart than tough. People watching my record and say that this guy is tough. This is not about tough; this is about the mind. You think when you fight. This is about everything.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“If you have a goal. If you want to do something. You have to do hard work. If you work easy, somebody other guy is coming and will take this. You have to work hard.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“Where is Conor? He wanna fight with a bus. I want to fight with a real gangster. Iaquinta, thank you so much.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“I have the greatest job in the world. I get loads of cash for beating the crap out of people and I am very good at it.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“I came to the UFC to fight with top-level fighters and become the undisputed, undefeated champion. This is my goal.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“I want to stay humble, but I have to talk because the other guys talk too much, and… I understand the crazy power the UFC PR machine has.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“You need hard work like before you became champion, you work because you were hungry, you need this, and you have big motivation, then you become champion, you lose your motivation, but you forget about other guys, coming, training so hard, very hungry, and you have to understand this. I understand this. I know this stuff, and that is why I keep training and keep working.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“I think about only me.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
“I think anybody can lose, any time, you know. Nobody is protected. All greatest fighters lose. But my plan is, when I go to the cage, I never think about “Oh, maybe I am gonna lose…” No, I don’t think about this. I think, “I have to catch somebody because I am the EAGLE.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov
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