My diet is usually pretty consistent whether I'm training for a specific fight or not. I don't like to mess too much with it.

I don't care about anything I don't need to care about.

You don't get to be world champion unless you do that.

My name, the McGregor name, my family's motto ... means royal is in my blood. That goes way back. So for [Aldo] to say he is the king and I am the joker, if this was a different time, I would invade his favela on horseback and kill anyone that was not fit to work. But we are in a new time. So I'll whoop his ass in July.

{Losing can be a great motivator] but not if it drains your confidence. One of the reasons I got into this game was because I wanted to learn how to get myself comfortable in uncomfortable situations.

Ask José Mourinho, he wouldn't know a thing about me, my sport - he knows football, and to get to high levels you have to be insane, nothing else means anything.

I believe in working harder and putting in the time - being completely obsessed. And, yeah, I think that's life.