Latest Georges St-Pierre Quotes from Interviews

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• When I go on vacation I just like to do nothing - just hang out at the beach, go eat the best restaurants, and do nothing.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Beach, Vacation, Goes On

  Source: www.bloodyelbow.com

• Fighting is about knowledge, knowledge is a very important part of it.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Fighting, Important

  Source: www.bloodyelbow.com

• 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.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Beach, Fun, Vacation

  Source: www.bloodyelbow.com

• 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.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Vacation, Everyday, Needs

  Source: www.bloodyelbow.com

• I went to Jerusalem, the dead sea, it was just amazing. Because what we see in the TV, I'm sorry to say it, I don't want to insult nobody, but a lot of the image that we see from the middle east in Canada - It's sad to say but it's always bad stuff. I was thinking coming here it would be a lot of military, security, everybody would be a little more on the edge, but I see it's amazing. It feels a little bit similar to Miami.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Sorry, Military, Thinking

  Source: www.bloodyelbow.com

• 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.

  Georges St-Pierre

  War, Fighting, Doors

  "Interview: A sit-down with Georges St-Pierre in Israel". Interview with Ram Gilboa, www.bloodyelbow.com. August 10, 2016.

• People have mistaken my break, I took a break from competition, it was because of mental problems, and because I was not agreeing with Performance Enhancing Drugs. I put the things on pause for a while, but I didn't retire.

  Georges St-Pierre

  People, Drug, Competition

  Source: www.bloodyelbow.com

• 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.'

  Georges St-Pierre

  Regret, Years, Skills

  Source: www.bloodyelbow.com

• 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.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Regret, Should Have, Done

  Source: www.bloodyelbow.com

• I used my Karate footwork to control the distance, and I use is as a penetration drill that I do, this is my speciality, the way I penetrate on people, the explosiveness and the timing. It all started with Kyokoshin and Sports Karate.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Sports, Distance, People

  Source: www.bloodyelbow.com

• 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.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Sports, Wrestling, Style

  Source: www.bloodyelbow.com

• People don't understand, yeah I'm alright as a wrestler, but I beat people in the takedown because of my distance control - because of my Karate. This is something I learned since I'm 7 years old.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Distance, Years, People

  Source: www.bloodyelbow.com

• Sometimes I'm under the impression some of the fights happen that they shouldn't happen because a guy's cheating. Also, I think when something like this happen they should have not only a suspension but also monetary wise enforce a penalty. Maybe take the purse of the fighter to the other fighter.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Wise, Cheating, Fighting

  Source: www.bloodyelbow.com

• 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.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Son, Years, Games

• 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.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Fighting, Play, People

  "Interview: A sit-down with Georges St-Pierre in Israel". Interview with Ram Gilboa, www.bloodyelbow.com. August 10, 2016.

• 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.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Retirement, Fighting, White

  "Interview: A sit-down with Georges St-Pierre in Israel". Interview with Ram Gilboa, www.bloodyelbow.com. August 10, 2016.

• 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.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Fighting, Firsts, Normal

  Source: www.bloodyelbow.com

• I'm an athlete, my job is not negotiating, it's not my field of expertise. I'm an emotional guy - it's normal, a lot of athletes are, and we're very susceptible to get our ego cut because of that.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Jobs, Athlete, Cutting

  Source: www.bloodyelbow.com

• I can choose whoever I want, in MMA things change very rapidly, sometimes you don't know what'll happen and there's a guy that upsets everybody. I could fight who the fans would like me to fight the most. For me that's important.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Fighting, Mma, Guy

• 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.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Fighting, Class, Guy

  Source: www.bloodyelbow.com

• 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.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Hurt, Light, Two

  Source: www.bloodyelbow.com

• For me there is no reason why to go up in weight class, because when you go up in weight class you have to fight bigger guys - then you have to train against bigger guys. The guys are not better, they're heavier, but it means you have more chance to get hurt.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Hurt, Mean, Fighting

  Source: www.bloodyelbow.com

• If you want to be a proud person, then you want to avenge your loss. For me it was [Josean] Serra and [Joe] Hughes, and for Michael Bisping, Henderson is one of his losses - one of his most painful losses. So I understand why he wants to avenge it. As an athlete I understand.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Athlete, Loss, Proud Person

  "Interview: A sit-down with Georges St-Pierre in Israel". Interview with Ram Gilboa, www.bloodyelbow.com. August 10, 2016.

• 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.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Drug, Want, Tests

  "Interview: A sit-down with Georges St-Pierre in Israel". Interview with Ram Gilboa, www.bloodyelbow.com. August 10, 2016.

• Respect is the most important thing. Be respectful toward others and have respect for yourself.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Important, Respect Yourself, Respectful

  "Georges St-Pierre On Training". Interview with Johnny Testa, www.askmen.com. April 29, 2011.