Mma Quotes - Page 18

• The only guys that make it through are the guys that make it through are the guys that have a complete control of their ego where they tap out in the beginning, all the time, you're always losing in the beginning... Your ego can get bruised if you don't have control of it. So what ends up happens is Jiu Jitsu is the ultimate douchebag filter.

  Eddie Bravo

  Guy, Ego, Douchebags

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• While each of us faces enormous challenges every day, it's not the sins we commit that will define us, its how we respond to them.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Challenges, Faces, Sin

  Sugar Ray Leonard, Michael Arkush (2011). “The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring”, p.119, Penguin

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• Money can't buy happiness but it's more comfortable to cry in a Bugatti than on a bicycle.

  Miguel Torres

  Cry, Money Can't Buy Happiness, Money Cant Buy Happiness

  Twitter post from Jun 06, 2013

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• Hard work pays off if you're patient enough to see it through.

  Michael Chandler

  Hard Work, Pay, Patient

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• One of the reasons I got into fighting was because I'd never really been in a fight. It's like in Fight Club, the famous line, 'How much can you really know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?'... It's the the clearest mirror you'll ever stand in front of.

  Jon Fitch

  Fighting, Mirrors, Lines

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• What is a champion but a guy that didn't quit?... Life is a continuous experience. You only fail by not learning.

  Renzo Gracie

  Guy, Champion, Quitting

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• Sports are a metaphor for life.

  Ronda Rousey

  Sports, Metaphor

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• I don't believe in luck; it's just dedication to the technique plus good physical condition.

  Rickson Gracie

  Believe, Dedication, Luck

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• Think street, train sport.

  Conor McGregor

  Sports, Thinking, Streets

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• Dinosaurs were huge and powerful; they could not adapt and they died out. And so the big difference between dinosaurs and cockroaches is adaptability: one is able to adjust, while the other, apparently, couldn't... The same analogy applies to fighting, and probably any other sport. It's not always the strong that survive. It takes brains, guts, tolerance and forward thinking. We've seen this since the beginning of mixed martial arts.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Sports, Art, Strong

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• Before a fight I'm always afraid... before I used to have a hard time just dealing with it because I would try to run away from it, but then as I competed more I understood the fact that this is how I'm supposed to feel.

  Rashad Evans

  Running, Fighting, Hard Times

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• We all have struggles in life but we have to continue to fight

  Mike Tyson

  Struggle, Fighting, Life Struggle

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• The most important thing about a fighter is something you can't see, and that's his heart.

  Kenny Florian

  Heart, Important, Fighter

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• I really feel like a walking testimony of like if you set your mind to things, how things can come true for you. I feel like I'm like, like the law of attraction. I feel like I'm living that life wholeheartedly. Everything that I've looked for out of life, it's come to be so far... I'm working hard, I'm not getting lucky, I'm earning things... I feel like a living testament to how you can just put your mind to anything and make it happen.

  Jon Jones

  Law Of Attraction, Mind, Lucky

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• Believe in yourself. Believe in your heart and once you get there, don't slow down.

  Jon Jones

  Believe, Heart, Slow Down

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• I always keep my mind open. For me, a mind has to work like like a parachute, works only if it's open.

  Rickson Gracie

  Mind, Parachutes, Ifs

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• Get hurt in a fight... got to keep going... Heart and mind, they kind of go hand in hand.

  Brad Tavares

  Hurt, Heart, Fighting

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• People can't measure the amount of heart you have and how much you're willing to fight for something.

  Blake Griffin

  Heart, Fighting, People

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• I bow to my opponent in praise and thanks. After the fight is a time for humility, acceptance and analysis, no matter the result.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Humility, Fighting, Acceptance

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• People want to put you in the box, and you just have to fight past their preconceived notions.

  Gina Carano

  Fighting, Past, People

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• If you stay consistent to the sport you will eventually get good, but you have to just want it more to be the best.

  Devon Alexander

  Sports, Want, Being The Best

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• Using your imagination to create mental images stimulates your mind, helps organize your life and keeps your focus in a particular direction. It allows your unconscious mind to work toward the image you have created, the goal. It's about understand the life you want to live, and seeing it unfold before you.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Imagination, Goal, Focus

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• The key to anything in boxing and life is sticking to it. Never give up.

  John Molina, Jr.

  Giving Up, Keys, Boxing

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• 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.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Journey, Thinking, Climbing

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• I don't need to be in a comfortable spot to achieve greatness. I fight for it no matter what.

  Tyron Woodley

  Fighting, Greatness, Needs

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