Georges St-Pierre Quotes
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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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One of the important lessons I learned from my parents is always to respect authority figures like teachers.
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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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My mentality is like a Samurai: They used to every day work on their technique to make themselves almost perfect. Because perfection is impossible, but every day, you get closer to perfection.
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Train smart at all times and do your best to avoid injury. Training smart is more important than training hard.
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People have mistaken my break, I took a break from competition, it was because of mental problems, and because I was not agreeing with Performance Enhancing Drugs. I put the things on pause for a while, but I didn't retire.
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The real test is this one: When you're alone in a room, when you're in a private place and nobody else can see you, what do you choose to do? Eat well, or eat poorly? Exercise, or watch television? Practice something, or do nothing? The best version of the truth appears to you and you alone, when nobody else can see. This is the test of discipline, and it's what makes the difference in your life. It's what regulates your own system and guides it. The individual alone comprehends it.
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The key to effective visualization is to create the most detailed, clear and vivid a picture to focus on as possible. The more vivid the visualization, the more likely, and quickly, you are to begin attracting the things that help you achieve what you want to get done.
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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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I had two ACL injuries in my life, and both of them happened when I was training with bigger guys; a heavyweight and a light heavyweight. Sometimes it's not even because the guy is good, you just get hurt.
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You can spend your life watching other people win or beat your name into history.
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This extends to all things, but you only learn it by losing a few times.
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I don't want things that I regret in life, and things that I have not done - and I don't want to at 80 years wake up, and tell myself: 'Oh I was on top of my shape and skills and I didn't do it.'
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What happens when you accept and embrace your fear? Fear becomes your weapon.
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Respect is the most important thing. Be respectful toward others and have respect for yourself.
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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.
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Some people learn to lose. Others lose and learn.
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Pick a goal, make a realistic plan to reach that goal, work through each step of the plan, and repeat.
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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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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 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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Efficiency for me is an obsession..It not only helps me get stronger but makes things simpler.
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I'm the kind of guy who only makes a mistake once, never twice.
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No two journeys are alike. Nobody can pretend to know the journey another person takes to achieve his dreams.