Georges St-Pierre Quotes
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I will never take the fact that I am Welterweight Champion for granted. I learnt my mistake in the past. No matter how great, no matter how people tell me how great I am, I'm always one mistake away from losing everything.
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There is a difference between a fighter and a martial artist. A fighter is training for a purpose: He has a fight. I’m a martial artist. I don’t train for a fight. I train for myself. I’m training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection.
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I am a public person and I have my private life. It's important for me that my private life stay private, that what I share with the people is my public personality.
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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.
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One of the lessons I learned in all those years practicing karate is that progress only comes in small incremental portions.
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A system that works for one person won't be perfect for another... Individuality is a major part of expanding knowledge.
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Don't be afraid to spend money to make money. That's one thing I've never been afraid of... to invest in myself.
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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.
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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.
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I've trained myself to fight an army, so one guy will not defeat me.
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Fear can be a natural ally, a homemade power source... Staying in the present, fear can only help you.
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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.
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If I'm disrespectful to my opponent, how can I respect myself?
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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.
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I see the world as a knowledge hardware story, and every day I'm just walking through the aisles.
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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.
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I'm always scared when I fight. But that fear is what keeps me more alert and more focused. It's good to have fear.
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Before each one of my fights, I make a point of saluting my opponent. I salute the other fighter out of respect, even though he is trying to take something from me.
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You don’t get better on the days when you feel like going. You get better on the days when you don’t want to go, but you go anyway. If you can overcome the negative energy coming from your tired body or unmotivated mind, you will grow and become better. It won’t be the best workout you have, you won’t accomplish as much as what you usually do when you actually feel good, but that doesn’t matter. Growth is a long term game, and the crappy days are more important.
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I try to protect my loved ones, the people I share my life with, because they don't have a public life like me. I want to keep their lives private out of respect for them.
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Everyone in life faces obstacles. That's what made me who I am. I don't regret to have been bullied because probably if I would not have faced those obstacles I would not have been the man that I am. It make my stronger in a way and it helped me to forge the person that I am right now.
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It’s like life. The more knowledge you get, the more questions you ask. The smarter you get, the more you realize that everything can be possible.
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Once fear enters your life - it will take you in one of two directions: empowerment or panic.
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Fear is the genesis of most of the good things that have occurred in my life. Fear is the beginning of every success I've lived.