Conor McGregor Quotes

A huge part of Irish dance is balance, which is so good for any kind of combat - just being aware of your body.

I learned to run backwards from Muhammad Ali. He told me about running backwards because you try to imitate everything you do in the ring, so sometimes you back up. So you have to train your legs to go backwards.

Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent?

In movement class, you had to lie on the floor and get your alignment in to pass the class.

I'm trying to get a lower center of gravity. I think, when I play at a lower level, it helps my overall game, just my explosiveness to the rim with the ball in my hands. When I play with a lower center of gravity, my legs are always in my shot instead of playing vertical out there where I don't get the same explosion or legs into my shot.

The power from the punches come from your legs.

I'm really good with fighting with my feet.

People think skating would translate very easily to dancing, but it really doesn't. Dancing is a lot of fun and not as dangerous as being on the ice.

I studied Jeet Kune Do and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. On element of Jeet Kune Do is that I had several of years of practice with the kali stick - a stick with a size and length similar to a baseball bat.

I had a great movement teacher - he showed me how to walk so I wasn't becoming like a cartoon.

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.

A good boxer, in striking the round blow, instead of loosening body and arm, gathers himself into a heap of muscularity and begins his blow where all blows ought to begin, from the solidarity of the right foot.

How hard can it be to walk up and down in a straight line? You just need to put one step in front of another; most people do it all the time. What's the worst that can happen? You fall over. Sometimes that happens to non-models, too; it wouldn't be the end of the world.

A guy like Bruce Lee, I've always been a fan. How he used to be able to move and be so quick. You look at some of the exercises that he did, and it was all majority free weight, like standing on your hands. That works every muscle. Everything is firing.

When you punch somebody in the ring, you have to use your whole body. I learned that it's more about technique than physical strength.

When I stay athletic with good posture and get the club away in a good position, I get through it better.

I have good spacial awareness, and I'm pretty comfortable with a sword.

I spent the whole first year of my career just on my legs. If you have good legs under you, then you can punch. Anybody can stand and throw their hands and look like an idiot. If you actually want to learn how to punch, you have to work on being balanced on your legs and feeling your legs under you. Feel the ground.

All fighters run. The constant motion prepares you for being in the ring. And running strengthens your legs. Punching power comes from your lower body.

Doing the sword fighting is like picking up a dance routine... I think dancing really helps with the picking up of it.

I personally think skateboarding is harder because it has so many moving parts. With snowboarding, your feet are strapped to your board.

I actually did a lot of yoga because I found it helped with my core strength and flexibility, which are two things you absolutely need when you're doing martial arts.

I think overall body awareness and knowing exactly where I need to be makes a big difference. Knowing how much weight to put on each foot or where I need to put my hands are things I'm very good at. Obviously with the wrestling background those are things that come naturally.

I think footwork is one of the most important things to becoming a great fighter. That's where everything starts.

Running with your hands behind your back is so hard.