Robbie Lawler
I've been through a lot of ups and downs. Just willing to get back up and grind every day to try and get better.Collection: Mma
It's all about getting better and controlling the things that you can control, which is getting better day to day.Collection: Mma
I'm looking forward, that's all, I'm not looking backwards.Collection: Mma
I just try to keep getting better every day, and that's all I can do.Collection: Mma
It's about falling down and getting back up.Collection: Fall
I met Pat Militich when I was a junior in high school when I was 16 and just started training and went from there. I went to the same high school that Pat had attended and he would bring some of his fighters out to wrestling practice to work out and I got to know him that way. I immediately like it.Collection: Wrestling
It's all about... getting back up and getting back to work and striving to be the best you can be.Collection: Getting Back Up
I did a lot of smoker fights and fought pretty much every week since Pat wouldn't let me fight until he was sure I was ready. I was also boxing and so I had 30 unofficial fights or more of those.Collection: Fighting
What I've learned from those losses... Priceless.Collection: Loss
You don't really realize the effect those things have on you when you're growing up but then when you look back you can see how they molded you.Collection: Growing Up
I did takwondo from the time I was pretty young and also played I did taekwondo for martial arts and then also played football, baseball, and basketball against older kids because of my brother being older. I learned pretty quickly to not be intimidated and to not back down.Collection: Basketball
I got a little bit of the Marine mentality from my dad, I guess. You can't but help absorb the culture you're around.Collection: Dad
My parents were divorced and my dad was in the Marines. I lived in California until I was 10 then we moved to Bettendorf, Iowa when I was in the fourth grade. I had an older brother so it made it a little easier to adjust to things.Collection: Brother
The sport in 2000 wasn't as big as it is now [in 2008].Collection: Sports
Get back up when you're knocked down.Collection: Ufc
I just started training with the best fighters in the world trying to get better. I was a pretty good athlete so I did pretty well with the team and that gave me confidence that I would be able to compete with people.Collection: Team
I kept doing my own thing, working out with weights, wrestling, and doing other spots until I graduated from high school. Then I made a conscious decision to pursue MMA seriously and full time.Collection: Wrestling
I remember coming across some DVDs of the UFC and so I started watching that and became a fan of it. It was a little boring because of all the grabbing and holding and I fast-forwarded through a lot of it, but I still watched because I like martial arts.Collection: Art
I also watched boxing all the time and Tuesday Night Fights on USA and just kept hitting my heavy back in the garage.Collection: Fighting
A lot of military kids make a lot of moves but I only made the one, so it wasn't really an issue for me.Collection: Military
I had never thought about being a professional fighter but meeting Pat [ Militich ] and the guys just pushed me in that direction.Collection: Guy
I'd always done martial arts I was always interested in fighting.Collection: Art
I did start wrestling after I moved to Iowa, I think in the seventh grade. It's really a part of the Iowa culture so it's hard not to do it if you like sports.Collection: Sports
I lived in Iowa for pretty much the rest of my life, but I just moved to St. Louis and opened up a gym and MMA training center.Collection: Iowa