Georges St-Pierre Quotes

The truth is that I didn't start as a winner. When I was a kid, I was just another reject. I started at the bottom. I think all winners do.

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• With animal behavior, they're all fine until you introduce some rogue element into the cage, and then they go crazy.

  

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• I still have my bad days when I think I'm not getting everything I deserve. But those pass quickly once my Mother gets on the phone and says, 'listen, we used to eat rocks and walk 80 miles a day to school.

  

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• The truth is that I didn't start as a winner. When I was a kid, I was just another reject. I started at the bottom. I think all winners do.

  

  Georges St-Pierre
  • Kids
  • Winner