Georges St-Pierre Quotes
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Your body can dictate your mind, so when I walk to a fight a lot of times I'm scared, I'm scared to death, I have a lot of doubts of myself, I'm afraid to fail, I'm afraid to be humiliated in front of everybody; but what happens, I act like it's impossible for me to fail and that my victory is a certainty. So as I'm walking to the Octagon and I act with confidence my body takes over my mind and I become confident for real. As I'm walking I see the change in my mind and when I reach the Octagon I'm a different person, I'm very confident.
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This extends to all things, but you only learn it by losing a few times.
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Respect is the most important thing. Be respectful toward others and have respect for yourself.
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The danger is not to set your goal too high and fail to reach it. It’s to set your goal too low and reach it
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A cockroach can’t defeat a dinosaur. But the cockroach is better at one thing, and it has ensured its survival through the ages: Adaptation. One could adapt to the environment and the other one couldn’t.
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I think it makes your stronger to admit that you're scared, because you're not scared to say that you're scared.
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I am very honored and excited to be part of UFC 100, it's going to be the hardest challenge of my career so far and it's going to be pretty tough, I can't wait.
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Always pursue your dreams and work hard at it.
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Once I got over my anger and rage from childhood, once I stopped feeling like a victim, I was able to open myself to great sources of learning.
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There's no honour fighting in the street, there is nothing to gain.
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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.
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Innovation keeps me ahead of my competition. It means that my foes must adapt to me, not the other way around.
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One of my favorite Japanese proverbs is "Fall down 7 times, stand up 8".
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Some people learn to lose. Others lose and learn.
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One of the important lessons I learned from my parents is always to respect authority figures like teachers.
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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.
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Power is different when you combined it with wisdom. Wisdom allows you to use less power to accomplish more tasks.
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Watching myself fight, I realize the line between success and failure is so narrow, it's scary.
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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.
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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.
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One of the keys to learning for me has been to not get so hung up on the past. It's important to remember the past, but that doesn't mean you have to torture yourself with it by reliving it every single day.
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Innovation is very important to me, especially professionally. The alternative, standing pat, leads to complacency, rigidity and eventually failure.
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Make sure your approach is consistent and steady so that you can maintain the progress you're making as your journey continues.
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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.