28+ Nate Diaz Quotes

Nathan Donald Diaz is a professional mixed martial artist and fighter from Stockton.

He was born and raised in Stockton, California, and attended Tokay High School. He started learning martial arts with his brother Nick when he was 11 years old.

He has a contract with the UFC at the moment. In the past, he has fought in events for Pancrase, Strikeforce, and World Extreme Cagefighting.

After winning The Ultimate Fighter 5 in 2011, he competed in the UFC. With 15 total UFC bonus awards, Diaz shares a tie for third place with Joe Lauzon. He is the younger brother of Nick Diaz. Nick Diaz was a welterweight champion of Strikeforce, the WEC, and the IFC.

On July 20, 2002, at the age of 17, Diaz engaged in a bare-knuckle MMA match against Robert Limon before beginning his professional MMA career. After making his official MMA debut, Diaz mostly contested for WEC.

A black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu was ultimately awarded to Diaz by Cesar Gracie after numerous years of practice. He is a third-degree black belt.

On September 24, 2011, at UFC 135 Takanori Gomi was beaten by Diaz by armbar submission in the first frame, for which he earned Submission of the Night honors. Gray Maynard in The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate Finale, Donald Cerrone in UFC 141, and Takanori Gomi in UFC 135 are just a few of the outstanding fighters that are Diaz Defeated.

On May 5, 2012, Diaz and Miller squared off at UFC on Fox 3. Diaz received his sixth Entry of the Night Bonus Award thanks to the submission. He then halted in preparation for his first MMA match.

He defeated Jorge Masvidal in the month of November 2019 Fight of the Month in MMA.

In his mixed martial arts record career, he played a total of 33 matches with 20 wins and 13 losses. His wins include five by knockouts, 11 by submission, and four by decision.

Now, let's go over some of his quotes:

Here is a list of quotes by Nate Diaz to gain motivation in day-to-day life.

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

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

"I need a vacation anyway. They fight me too much. I’m not going to be the one to back out of these fights."

"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."

"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."

"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 feel that you instigate fights quite a bit… I mean that’s your job but, where I come from, people like that get slapped."

"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."

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

In MMA he won two times against Conor Mcgregor, in March and August of 2016. Here is a list of Nate Diaz quotes related to his biggest fight with Conor McGregor.

"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."

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

-The McGregor fight has had an impact on Nate Diaz, including his salary and the criticism the featherweight champion has gotten as a result of his defeat. Fox Sports. March 15, 2016.

Here is a list of Nate Diaz quotes related to facing fears and Social Disorders.

"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."

"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’ll admit to anxiety, but it has nothing to do with media or being in front of a camera or being around people. It has to do with dealing with the sparring that I’m going to have or the workouts that I’m going to have from day to day."

Here is a list of Nate Diaz quotes on Never Giving Up to give you motivation

"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."

"There's round-winners, and there's fighters."

"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."

Here is a list of the Best Nate Diaz quotes on success and motivation.

"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."

"Money talks. I want the biggest fight. Whoever I’ve got to fight – the biggest show, biggest payday – that’s what I want."

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

"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."

"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 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."

"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."

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

“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.”