Mma Quotes - Page 27

• 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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• I never fear my opponent, for me he only represents a new challenge to conquer.

  Lyoto Machida

  Challenges, Opponents, Conquer

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• Life isn't easy, life isn't fair, when you get your chance, make sure you take it.

  Tyron Woodley

  Chance, Easy, Fairs

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• People think athleticism is just physical, but it's not. It's connected to the brain and how the brain can learn to execute and see a movement or not. Especially at high speed. Being athletic is not just jumping and running and being powerful. It's the nervous system that guides the body. The muscles don't decide anything. The brain decides and makes things happen.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Running, Powerful, Thinking

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• Perfection's awesome... So I strive for it every day.

  Frank Mir

  Perfection, Strive

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• Fighting is 90% mental. There are people who run from the fire and there are people that turn around and run to the fire.

  Frank Shamrock

  Running, Fighting, Fire

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• My philosophy on getting knocked out is that it renders you unconscious and numb, so why worry about it.

  Forrest Griffin

  Philosophy, Worry, Numb

  Forrest Griffin, Erich Krauss (2009). “Got Fight?: The 50 Zen Principles of Hand-to-Face Combat”, p.19, Harper Collins

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• I wanted to help people. I was raised by Quaker hippies... True happiness comes from helping others, that's what was pounded in my head from day one... So that began my teaching journey.

  Greg Jackson

  Hippie, Teaching, Helping Others

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• As long as you're open-minded you can learn stuff from anyone.

  Jake Shields

  Long, Stuff, Open Minded

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• No matter how bad it gets, I can always rise up.

  Carlos Condit

  Matter, I Can

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• Don't be satisfied... always try to strive for more.

  Johny Hendricks

  Trying, Strive, Satisfied

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• You win a fight, you learn from it. You lose a fight, you learn from it.

  Uriah Hall

  Fighting, Winning, Loses

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• My main job is to go and have fun. When I do that, everything just seems to fall into place.

  Rashad Evans

  Jobs, Fun, Fall

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• The way you treat life, life will treat you back. Make sure you're happy with whatever is going on in your life.

  Vitor Belfort

  Way, Treats

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• The losses are good... if you learn something.

  Royce Gracie

  Loss, Ifs

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• I plot my ascent daily.

  Conor McGregor

  Plot, Ascent

  Twitter post from Mar 25, 2014

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• It's not the man who pushes himself the hardest... it's the man who pushes himself the hardest after it gets painful.

  Michael Chandler

  Men, Painful, He Man

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• Just because you lose doesn't make you a loser. It's not the same fight every time.

  Ricardo Liborio

  Fighting, Loser, Loses

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