I know what a really bad day is...and that's not losing a competition.
I don't relax, I don't celebrate. I sit and plot.
I'm always at my best when I'm fighting a guy who insults me..questions my integrity; it lights more fire in me.
I'm training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection.
You sleep on a win and you'll wake up with a loss.
We are like artists by nature, constantly we're trying to add beauty to movements.
Nothing worth having is easy to get.
One of the lessons I learned in all those years practicing karate is that progress only comes in small incremental portions.
Positive thinking is a habit, like everything else, you get better at it with time.
There's 3 types of people in this world: there's talkers, there's watchers, and there's doers.
In boxing, where most of the guys are from lower-class backgrounds and have darker skin than most of the fans, one might fear that the athletes are being exploited. But that narrative doesn't hold up very well in the world of MMA, where 99 percent of fighters are amateurs who will never earn a dime. They aren't seeking fame and fortune. For the most part, these guys are fighting because they want to and because it gives them an opportunity to strive for something big in their lives. It gives them a chance to become their best selves.
If you're looking to be a professional athlete on the top tier of any sport, my best advice is to put everything you have into it. If you're not, somebody else is. It's got to be all or nothing.
From sports the greatest thing I've learned is discipline achieves goals.
I've been inspired by a shitload of people in my life so if there's ever anybody that I can inspire, to me that's a huge gift. To be able to turn that back around.
I'm married to the street; I ain't gonna switch over. I ain't gonna go religion on nobody. I believe in God - God is for the thugs too - but the streets are in the most trouble. So I'mma keep it focused on the streets and the struggle. That's what I'm mainly about.
People shy away from it [MMA] because they think it's a brutal, brutal sport, and I've said, 'Guys, MMA is safer than football and boxing,... And people tell me they don't believe it. Am I not the most credible person to give you the answer to that?
If I don't give up in the ring, I don't give up in life... I try to live my life the same way.
I'mma just do me, when it feel right.
Everything is worth more when you have to earn it.
Jiu-Jitsu has been one of the most valuable tools I've ever had in my life.
There's a never-ending ocean of techniques out there.
I fear no man. If you breathe oxygen, I do not fear you.
It's perfectly okay to fail. It sounds corny, but it truly is about the journey.
I'm not much of a planner. I set a goal and there really is nothing else... no plan B.
Can't be touched, Can't be stopped, Can't be moved, Can't be rocked, Can't be shook.
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