Quotes by Nate Diaz

I'm fighting hard; I'm training hard. I'm still walking over people and stepping over people to get where I'm going, and I would really like to give back, especially to my mom, who was there for me when I was a kid.

I don't like not having a job. Especially when I started Mixed Martial Arts, this was all I could do.

Once I turned pro, I was like,' OK, this is not fun and games now. This is me. I'm going to come, and I work on karma. I'm not going to go after somebody if I don't have a reason behind it, so as soon as there is some sort of a reason for me to do something that I need to do, then I'll do it.'

I always took a fight; I always took everybody. I fought everybody.

I want to go against the best fighters. That's why I'm always calling out Georges St-Pierre. I don't have anything against Georges St-Pierre. I think he's a great fighter.

I'm the only person in this sport, for the most part, that ain't on steroids. Now there's new rules in effect, yeah, you've got guys not on steroids now, but they used to be. They've always been on steroids.

Every fight, I'm fighting blind opponents. I don't know who it's going to be, who I'm fighting, if I'm really fighting them.

I'm not surprised motherfuckers.

I never did steroids in my life. I know all the fighters; they are all on steroids.

Not too hard for me to stay motivated when I'm in sport where everyone's trying to knock me out.

I think it's good to surround yourself with people you care about and that care about you, and you all trust each other, and then you don't have to worry about problems and shitty stuff happening.

There was a rumor I was walking around at 183 pounds. When I left my room to fight Conor McGregor, I was 179 pounds. That means by the time I walked in the cage, I was probably 175, 174 pounds.

Whoever has lost a fight in the UFC and hasn't wanted to fight that guy the next day shouldn't be in the sport.

Money talks. I want the biggest fight. Whoever I've got to fight -- the biggest show, biggest payday -- that's what I want.

If I had been thinking business since I was 21, I'd be a rich man right now.

I don't see a superstar out there. I don't see Georges St-Pierre coming back.

I don't come and fight for fun. I don't do that. I don't like to hurt people for fun.

I can always do five, five-minute rounds, any day, even if I was drinking yesterday or doing whatever. I'm a seasoned athlete, an endurance athlete, and I'm always working out.

It's just kinda irritating to me that we're awarding people in mixed martial arts for trying to move away and not finish the fight.

I've lost fights before where I'm landing more punches and I'm moving away from the guy. So, the way that they score things at the end doesn't seem very consistent to me.

I try to cancel out every possibility of losing the fight, and this runs through my head all day long. I'm seeing myself become smashed in the face, cut, or being submitted or being knocked out in so many different ways all day long.

If you don't find time to meditate and get all that negative out, and if you don't have the right people being positive around you, this is a very scary job to have if you don't learn how to control your fear.

I'm scared of any fighter I've ever fought because they are some dangerous people to be dealing with. That's also where the anxiety comes from.

My parents moved around Stockton and Lodi. I had a lot of anxiety about jumping into another classroom. They were always putting me in special ed. But I was smart; I wasn't like these kids in the special-ed classes. But it would make me feel a little bit stupid.

I'm trying to stay focused on what I'm doing. I don't want a whole lot of things going on -- people to call back, or text messages or whatever. I chill out, relax a little bit, and then I don't have those issues.

I don't love to fight; I don't want to fight.

I want to fight the best guy. I always want to fight the best guy.

I've never paid taxes in my life, so I'm probably going to jail.

You know when I fight, I'm going to sell out the show. Everyone wants to see someone get knocked out or tapped out.

Me calling out Roy Jones is disrespectful.

I'm not sure what the UFC's agenda is when it comes to me. It's their show, their press. They can change to whatever they want to do at any point. They own this thing. They can do whatever they want.

I win by submissions, knockouts. There's guys ranked above me, but no one's interested in seeing them fight. They want to see me fight.

It cost me a lot of money to have a vacation, basically. It's nice to step back and see there's more to life.

People don't understand: I've had 37 fights, three to five fights every year, for 17 years. That does something to somebody. These suspensions are the only vacations I've ever had.

If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to beat.