Georges St-Pierre Quotes
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Respect your opponent, just make them respect you more.
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My fear delivered one of the great lessons of my life: That someone without fear can’t push himself. He can’t get better. He can’t transform negatives into positives. He can’t open his world to creativity and invention, or even progress.
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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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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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One of the important lessons I learned from my parents is always to respect authority figures like teachers.
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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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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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Innovation is a discipline not a lottery... It comes from the combination of two elements within my control: hard work and openmindedness.
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This extends to all things, but you only learn it by losing a few times.
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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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Train smart at all times and do your best to avoid injury. Training smart is more important than training hard.
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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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You can spend your life watching other people win or beat your name into history.
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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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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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What happens when you accept and embrace your fear? Fear becomes your weapon.
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Some people learn to lose. Others lose and learn.
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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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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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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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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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Respect is the most important thing. Be respectful toward others and have respect for yourself.
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No two journeys are alike. Nobody can pretend to know the journey another person takes to achieve his dreams.
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As Aristotle wrote a long, long time ago, and I'm paraphrasing here, the goal is to avoid mediocrity by being prepared to try something and either failing miserably or triumphing grandly. Mediocrity is not about failing, and it's the opposite of doing. Mediocrity, in other words, is about not trying. The reason is achingly simple, and I know you've heard it a thousand times before: what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.