Mma Quotes - Page 27

• I think it's good to surround yourself with people you care about and that care about you, and you all trust each other, and then you don't have to worry about problems and shitty stuff happening.

  Nate Diaz

  Thinking, Worry, People

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• I think any time you get beaten down and rise back up again, you become stronger.

  Chris Weidman

  Thinking, Stronger, Down And

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• It takes many, many failures to reach success.

  Frank Mir

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• There's no such thing as a lost cause, or a dead end. Through persistence, attitude, and creativity, there's always an escape route.

  Urijah Faber

  Attitude, Creativity, Persistence

  FaceBook post by Urijah Faber from Oct 08, 2013

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• Losing sucks but I look at more what I gained as an individual, as an athlete..sometimes in losing you learn a lot.

  Uriah Hall

  Athlete, Looks, Losing

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• Any big task if you look at the grand picture... it seems to big to accomplish, so just watch the footstep in front of you... And that's what I do; try and win little battles every day.

  Forrest Griffin

  Winning, Battle, Trying

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• Whether I want to be at practice or not, I show up every day. Whether I'm healthy or I'm sick or hurt or tired, I show up every day.

  Chael Sonnen

  Hurt, Tired, Practice

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• Make peace with the fear of defeat... Fear holds you back from putting forth your best performance.

  Brian Stann

  Defeat, Making Peace, Performances

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• However desperate the situation and circumstances, don't despair. When there is everything to fear, be unafraid. When surrounded by dangers, fear none of them. When without resources, depend on resourcefulness. When surprised, take the enemy by surprise.

  Sun Tzu

  Enemy, Despair, Surprise

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• What I've learned from those losses... Priceless.

  Robbie Lawler

  Loss, Priceless, I've Learned

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• I take it so seriously as far as meditation, notes, visualization, preparation, everything. I take it a lot more serious than a lot of people that play this sport. I'm obsessed with the game that I play.

  Jon Jones

  Sports, Games, Play

  "Jon "Bones" Jones: 'Don't be intimidated'". Interview with Shawn Donnelly, www.mademan.com. September 22, 2011.

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• It's like holding a hot coal in your hand, it just burns you, it doesn't do me any good.

  Joe Lauzon

  Hands, Hot, Coal

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• Humility is the first rule of martial arts. Either you learn humility quickly, or you leave because your ego can't handle losing repeatedly.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Art, Humility, Ego

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• If you're going to let pressure stop you from fulfilling your dreams, you're robbing yourself.

  Quinton Jackson

  Dream, Pressure, Robbing

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• Negativity takes no imagination. It's far easier to criticize someone's decisions after they make them than to propose better ones beforehand.

  Urijah Faber

  Imagination, Decision, Negativity

  Urijah Faber, Tim Keown (2012). “The Laws of the Ring”, p.20, Harper Collins

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• Believe that you can even as a single individual, you can change the world.

  Evan Tanner

  Believe, World, Individual

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• MMA for me was a stepping stone in my life as a man to grow... The stress and the fears and anxiety you've got to overcome in that moment is not something you're ever going to gain in a daily lifetime routine.

  Enson Inoue

  Stress, Men, Anxiety

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• When it comes to fighting you shouldn't be thinking at all. You have to clear your mind and trust yourself completely.

  Gunnar Nelson

  Fighting, Thinking, Mind

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• I'm a shy guy... I don't enjoy being bothered but I never say no to a fan. I say yes to everybody... even though sometimes you have some days where you don't feel like it, but it's your duty as athlete to do it. Because the fans that pay it's going to make you live, so you have to do it. So I force myself to do it all the time.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Athlete, Guy, Fans

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• You can't deny somebody that's a hard worker. You can't deny somebody that just digs down as deep as they can.

  Travis Browne

  Hard Work, Deny, Workers

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• No matter how bad things get, eventually the sun is going to shine.

  Daniel Cormier

  Shining, Matter, Sun

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• You always recognize great champions... how they come back from a loss.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Loss, Champion

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• The key to happiness doesn't lay in numbers in a bank account but in the way we make others feel.

  Joe Rogan

  Keys, Numbers, Way

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• I like to be confident, absolutely not cocky, and I like to have that healthy fear of my opponents. It keeps me on my toes.

  Cat Zingano

  Cocky, Healthy, Opponents

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• In order to keep up with the rapid evolution of the sport, you've got to keep an open mind.

  Forrest Griffin

  Sports, Order, Mind

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