Georges St-Pierre
Your body can dictate your mind, so when I walk to a fight a lot of times I'm scared, I'm scared to death, I have a lot of doubts of myself, I'm afraid to fail, I'm afraid to be humiliated in front of everybody; but what happens, I act like it's impossible for me to fail and that my victory is a certainty. So as I'm walking to the Octagon and I act with confidence my body takes over my mind and I become confident for real. As I'm walking I see the change in my mind and when I reach the Octagon I'm a different person, I'm very confident.Collection: Real
Fights aren't won in the octagon, they're won in the months leading up to them, in a near-empty gym, in the lost hours of a day, whether I feel like it or not.Collection: Fighting
As Aristotle wrote a long, long time ago, and I'm paraphrasing here, the goal is to avoid mediocrity by being prepared to try something and either failing miserably or triumphing grandly. Mediocrity is not about failing, and it's the opposite of doing. Mediocrity, in other words, is about not trying. The reason is achingly simple, and I know you've heard it a thousand times before: what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.Collection: Simple
Respect is the most important thing. Be respectful toward others and have respect for yourself.Collection: Important
With training and self discipline; clear focus and confidence; problems can be overcome and even lead to unexpected gainsCollection: Self
If you look good, you feel good, and if you feel good, you do good.Collection: Mma
If you prepare your subconscious for highly stressful situations, you can create harmony with your fears. You can tame fear like a wild animal and use it to your advantage.Collection: Animal
Efficiency for me is an obsession..It not only helps me get stronger but makes things simpler.Collection: Mma
The only way to ever truly get your confidence and swagger back, I've learned, is to fight for them.Collection: Fighting
Because Conor McGregor is so confident - he goes there 'I'll beat this, I will do that' - If I would be his coach I will tell him all the time, behind closed doors, how dangerous [Nate] Diaz is and how much of a war this fight will be and how painful, and long, and uncomfortable it would be, and to get prepared for the worst day of his life.Collection: War
Think about climbing a mountain. If you decide you're going up Everest, you don't start with a sprint. You'll never make it out of base camp if you do that. The secret is two fold: make sure your approach is consistent and steady so that you can maintain the progress you're making as your journey continues.Collection: Journey
I want to use every second of my life, every time that I have in my life, to make me a better fighter. That's why I'm a martial artist. For me, it's more than a job - it's a way of livingCollection: Jobs
Innovation is a discipline not a lottery... It comes from the combination of two elements within my control: hard work and openmindedness.Collection: Hard Work
Once fear enters your life - it will take you in one of two directions: empowerment or panic.Collection: Mma
My mentality is like a samurai they used to train every day, work on their technique to make themselves better, almost perfect, perfection is impossible but every day you get closer and that's what I want . Every day I want to get better than I was the day before. I want to use every second of my life, every time I have in my life to make me a better fighter. It's more than a job it's a way of living.Collection: Jobs
No two journeys are alike. Nobody can pretend to know the journey another person takes to achieve his dreams.Collection: Dream
When great depths of unrelenting sorrow are punctuated by great peaks of joy and liberation, the result is delicious.Collection: Mma
If I'm disrespectful to my opponent, how can I respect myself?Collection: Ufc
There's no honour fighting in the street, there is nothing to gain.Collection: Fighting
Only way to eliminate the element of surprise is to know yourself and now your adversary.Collection: Mma
I don't want things that I regret in life, and things that I have not done - and I don't want to at 80 years wake up, and tell myself: 'Oh I was on top of my shape and skills and I didn't do it.'Collection: Regret
It's bizarre, a punch in the face hurts less when you win than when you lose.Collection: Hurt
That's the way to go. People say: 'Oh, he doesn't want to come back, he's scared,' and it's to play with your brain, to play with your mind. I'm not scared of nobody. I'm not scared of no human being. I'm scared to fight, every time I fight I'm scared, but I'll bite into my mouthpiece and I'll walk the walk.Collection: Fighting
The only way forward in life is innovation.Collection: Way Forward
I’m a martial artist, and I don’t train because I have a fight; I train because it’s my lifestyle, and I’ll train every day if I’m not hurt.Collection: Hurt
If I come back and I lose, at least I know I did everything I should have done, I have no regrets, I'll be happy. I can die happy.Collection: Regret
Set your goal and keep moving forward.Collection: Moving
Nick Diaz is a champion so he's got the spirit that comes with it. So he's not going to give up mentally. You see a lot of guys give up mentally and that's why they get knocked out or submitted. They give up mentally before they lose.Collection: Sports
One of the lessons I learned in all those years practicing karate is that progress only comes in small incremental portions.Collection: Years
My mentality is that when I go to sleep at night, I'm a better martial artist than when I woke up in the morning.Collection: Art
It's not always the best team that wins the game it's the team that plays better.Collection: Team
I like to think I'm like water that adapts to its surroundings and eventually finds a way in.Collection: Thinking
I will never blame a fighter if he doesn't fight me because he takes care of his own interest first, and prioritize the interests of his family first, that's completely normal.Collection: Fighting
Your body can dictate your mind... As I'm walking to the Octagon and I act with confidence, my body take over my mind, and I become confident for real.Collection: Real
I'm training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection.Collection: Mma
I will never take the fact that I am Welterweight Champion for granted. I learnt my mistake in the past. No matter how great, no matter how people tell me how great I am, I'm always one mistake away from losing everything.Collection: Mistake
I don't want to be an exception, because I was very outspoken about Performance Enhancing Drugs. It would be bad for my reputation if I would have an exemption [for doping test] - I don't want to have a free pass, I want to be like everybody else.Collection: Drug
I see the world as a knowledge hardware story, and every day I'm just walking through the aisles.Collection: Mma
You think I was born rich? I've worked really hard. You have no idea.Collection: Thinking
I'm always at my best when I'm fighting a guy who insults me..questions my integrity; it lights more fire in me.Collection: Integrity
I had two ACL injuries in my life, and both of them happened when I was training with bigger guys; a heavyweight and a light heavyweight. Sometimes it's not even because the guy is good, you just get hurt.Collection: Hurt
I've started late, I was 19 years old. I've trained with Victor Zilberman - he's a Russian-Jewish from Moldova. His son David who is coaching me represented Canada in the Olympic games. There were a lot of very good wrestlers there and they took me underneath their wing when I was young.Collection: Son
I'm so busy during my everyday, when I go on vacation I need to pull the plug like they say, and to do nothing.Collection: Vacation
Kyokoshin I've done most, but I competed in Sports Karate also, that's my style that I come from, and mixed with the wrestling that's how I got the takedowns.Collection: Sports
Fighting is about knowledge, knowledge is a very important part of it.Collection: Fighting
The beach in Tel-Aviv I went to, it even looks and feels a little bit like Rio de Janeiro. Some other places are very European and I just like it. I thought it would be fun but it's a lot better than that. It's a lot more relaxed and a lot of fun, and I feel very secure, and I would tell my friends they should come here when they plan a vacation. Not only the history.Collection: Beach
To fight a bigger guy you need to train with bigger guys and it takes a lot more on your body. And it's not your weight class.Collection: Fighting
Dana White came out very often in public saying I'm this and that; I'm sure it's also to play with my ego, to make me, for example, come out of retirement and say 'Oh ok, I'll fight for peanuts.' No, I'm not like that. I know the game.Collection: Retirement
A system that works for one person won't be perfect for another... Individuality is a major part of expanding knowledge.Collection: Mma