Dustin Poirier
The Guardian
What holds, and what fails, under pressure, standards and accountability.
Dustin Poirier reads as The Guardian because beneath the elite fighting career sits a leader defined by protection and principle. Through The Good Fight Foundation, which he founded in Lafayette, Louisiana, he directs fight purses and public attention toward community welfare in a region mainstream philanthropy often overlooks.
“I'm trying not to tear up, dude. It just makes me feel that way, you know Because I still love it, but I know I need to walk away from it, you know, continue walking away from it, but I still love it.”
“You know, I've had bouts with depression throughout my career when it hits me, you know, it hits me hard. And that day it hit me. It hit me hard, man. Going to the airport. It just feels like everything has its own gravity and it's going to pull me towards the negative no matter what it is.”
“I mean, for the most part, I am really open and honest, but like, If I'm just kind of filling off, and it's for me to, I know you don't understand what that means, or maybe you have something you can link it to when you feel kind of like today's not my day. If I'm Philadelphia, I'll let her know. I've been pretty honest.”
“And even at the beginning, when I first started doing interviews like Ariel Hawani and stuff, and I would bring it up, like I'm working on myself, I'm going to therapy. It felt weak in the moment. Like, who am I? I'm going through therapy. I'm telling the world I'm going to therapy.”
The Diary of a CEO: “UFC Legend Dustin Poirier: I Lost My Mind. I’ll Never Let It Happen Again.”
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