you know I heard a quote one time from Vincent Van go that really rang true he
said he has dedicated his life to his art and he has lost his mind in the process when I sat and
I thought about that it sounded very familiar I have given every single thing every ounce of my
life to this craft to perfecting my craft and I continue to do so and in the process I have
lost my mind to regular Society to people who wake up at 9900 a.m. you clock out at
5:00 p.m. they would look at me and say I've lost my mind but me I have found it [Music]
almost my name is Conor McGregor I'm a professional MMA fighter my dream is to be
World lightweight champion been in the UFC have more money than I know what to do with and have
a great life for my my kids my grandkids everyone in my in my family everyone that's that's come up
with me that's my dream my dream is to be number one most young men boy they got into martial arts
was to defend themselves I started off really being into football that was what my first dreams
were you know being a football player and how good you were at playing football and how good
you where I F you know there were the two things where I grew up and then maybe as I start going
outside my little estate and on conflict start happening I I had to kind of think to myself I
need to be able to defend myself now as well not even to get back in anywh around just just to kind
of be like all right this guy knows what he's at just leave him alone now that's it I don't know
I don't know now I'm obsessed I I was working in the plum business at the time yeah but um it was
it would have been around that time that John um n see I left diploma business how bad was that
diploma yeah horrendous which just a horrible horrible time and I was like you know what I
don't want to deal with this and then I just left and then I just stopped down didn't get out of bed
and me dad would come in trying to Bain me out of bed and we'd have fights and literally for
for a good while I never spoke I didn't really speak to me D we just kind of stayed away from
each other anytime I anytime I come across me dad just anytime we did speak was F was the F
why did he get to that point to where he was that mad because I was doing I was doing absolutely
nothing I was trouble yeah it basically felt like I was the for go I was a waster you know I was a
waster got that called that a lot you know what I mean the real stress and the real fights come
from the mortgage come from this stress of home a lot of people are getting evicted from their homes
around here so that's something that I've grew up with that was a big stress in my family it caused
a lot of stress so I just wanted to give it back and help out and just do that and just my mother
and father is still young now they now out there have their feet up they can relax they can they
are in a new place so it's good that's that's something I always dreamed of I always I always
visualize what given would feel like given to people who have given to me what that would feel
like I always dreamed I've just shown up one day and be like here I always visualize good things
I always visualize Victory success abundance I visualized it all and it's all happening if
you have a clear picture in your head of something is going to happen a clear belief in that it will
happen no matter what then no nothing can stop it you know I mean it is destined to happen and that
that's what that's what happens you know I mean it's it's perfect I'm fighting myself you know
what I mean cuz you are fighting yourself there is no there is no opponents you know what I mean
it's it's you versus you and I'd say I'm find myself in there I'm going to beat I'm going to
beat myself not even martial arts life you know what I mean it's always you versus you if you
compete if you're competing against other people you know me competing against and you're going
to become bitter eventually you'll become bitter but if you compete against yourself you'll become
better there are no restrictions there are no limits there's no one trying to get something from
me or trying to make me do this or make me do that or send me here or send me there or stop me from
going full I'm free I go in and do as I please this is my time now so it's a beautiful experience
and it's almost an out the body experience and it becomes is very very addictive so that's
what you're seeing here I'm I'm addicted to that feeling and I will do anything to get in there and
get that feeling again I I truly believe we are all equal as human beings if we are obsessed with
something and we truly pursue our passion with everything we have regardless of any anything
else if you are obsessed uh work hard put in the time you will succeed and and that is a philosophy
that I carry my coaches carry and and to see LeBron James who's like a mega uh Superstar over
here and a phenomenal phenomenal athlete share um that belief is is is inspiring right back to me it
shows that we are thinking correct you know this is this is hard work this is an obsession nothing
can beat hard work if you're doing something and you're not in interested or you have no passion
for it you you really you should truly Follow Your Passion I'm not doing this for this I'm not
doing this for fake acting and pretending I can you know what I mean trying to give a motion to
some guy that wants a motion from me for a shot I can't do that I don't do this for that but I
understand that it's a double- Edge Short and you must do that I do it for the competition to step
foot inside that octagon I have that feeling of Freedom so that is why I say I don't feel pressure
in there I do not I feel free in there no no there is no excuse you know I mean it's like I've been
beat before you know what I mean I've lost MMA fights I've lost buck and I've lost so many fights
in the gym you know I lose all the time you know I mean so it is what it is if you any true martial
artist will know in order to succeed at this game you must lose you must lose many times you know
what I mean so it is what it is we all have our we all we all have the same emotions we have all won
and we have all lost it's a sport it is what it is you know just get on with it look to learn look to
learn from it you know the day you stop trying to learn is the day you start losing you know what I
mean so I'm always going to learn regardless of what regardless of the result you know mean win
or lose I will take something from it off and you know you know the way people say you learn
you learn more from your losses and things like that that that is true you learn a lot from your
losses but as well as that you learn from your wins people people can say let's say you let's say
you beat a guy and you're at the beating that guy you're a winner now you know what I mean you're a
winner so now I now I get to I take the foot off the pedal I don't need to learn so much I'm about
to beating this guy I'm a winner you know I mean that's going to startop you that can that can that
can take over people especially in this game in in the when you're signed to the UFC and there's all
media things going on and there's people looking for pictures and Sh that can take over that can
make you feel like you're bigger than you are you know I mean that happens to guys you have
see guys that I I see guys all the time coming in that I around this company since day one their
performance has just stay the same they stagnate their performances stagnate then they get even
worse you know they they they arrive on on for the fight hour shape Not Looking In Shape barely made
way sluggish you know I mean that's not going to be me I stay ready I'm always in shape you know
what I mean you're not going to catch me out of shape when our L I'm going to be ready to go um
no ego you know you can't have an ego in this game we've all won we've all lost it is what it is just
keep going keep doing your thing keep working hard I'm a cocky [ __ ] but if you come in and you get
me if you come in and you get me I'll Stand before you I stand before everyone say you St me I'll
get you next time and that's it every human being everyone in here at some stage we Face loss we've
all lost something you know we all know how how a loser on the night feels cuz we have all lost at
one point or in our lives you need to stop putting your hand out everyone wants hand out everyone
think everyone wants things for free or everyone you know what I'm saying you've got to put in
the work you've got to grind you've got to you've got to go through the struggle and you've got to
get it if you deserve it go get it you know don't complain don't cry get the [ __ ] work and go get
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