McGregor's Welfare-to-Wealth Rise

A story about how Conor McGregor's success and wealth ultimately affected his discipline and training habits.

"His run up from guy who was basically an apprentice plumber on welfare to richest athlete, highest earning athlete in the world, global star, 2-weight world champion in like a 6-year period was unbelievable to watch.

In training, I was 100% committed. I gave every ounce of my effort in the training sessions. It was outside the training sessions that I was not 100% committed - I was 75% committed. I would tell myself 'you shouldn't eat that' then I ate it. 'You shouldn't drink that' then I drank it. 'You're gonna wake up at this time' but don't wake up. 'You're gonna go to sleep on time' but I don't go to sleep on time.

Those were little losses. They don't individually seem like anything but they add up one day after another. My mind became weaker and doubt started to creep in for the first time. I started to slip outside of the training."