Georges St-Pierre Quotes
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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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Innovation is very important to me, especially professionally. The alternative, standing pat, leads to complacency, rigidity and eventually failure.
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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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What happens when you accept and embrace your fear? Fear becomes your weapon.
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I went to Jerusalem, the dead sea, it was just amazing. Because what we see in the TV, I'm sorry to say it, I don't want to insult nobody, but a lot of the image that we see from the middle east in Canada - It's sad to say but it's always bad stuff. I was thinking coming here it would be a lot of military, security, everybody would be a little more on the edge, but I see it's amazing. It feels a little bit similar to Miami.
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It all comes down to confidence: your body can do great things only if it believes it can accomplish them.
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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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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 can choose whoever I want, in MMA things change very rapidly, sometimes you don't know what'll happen and there's a guy that upsets everybody. I could fight who the fans would like me to fight the most. For me that's important.
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I want to use every second of my life, every time that I have in my life, to make me a better fighter. That's why I'm a martial artist. For me, it's more than a job - it's a way of living
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My mentality is that when I go to sleep at night, I'm a better martial artist than when I woke up in the morning.
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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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With discipline, belief, and the right knowledge, we become the best we can be.
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When I train, I love to take time off and fly to the Natural History Museum or an exhibition. I just love that. When you know your past, it will help you with your future… That’s why most of my friends are not fighters. Most of my friends are nerds like me. That’s why I have a hard time finding a girlfriend. I need someone to talk science with. I’m married to my work right now. But you never know. One day I could wake up and just do something different. Life is so unpredictable.
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I'm not impressed by your performance.
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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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Thanks to his willingness to face me, my life takes shape, my path evolves.
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I'm always at my best when I'm fighting a guy who insults me..questions my integrity; it lights more fire in me.
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It's not the most powerful animal that survives. It's the most efficient.
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That's the way to go. People say: 'Oh, he doesn't want to come back, he's scared,' and it's to play with your brain, to play with your mind. I'm not scared of nobody. I'm not scared of no human being. I'm scared to fight, every time I fight I'm scared, but I'll bite into my mouthpiece and I'll walk the walk.
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It’s OK to get butterfly in your stomach; the key is to learn how to make them fly in formation.
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For me, personally, when I'm afraid of something - when you're afraid of something, normally you try to go away, you try to avoid it. Instead of avoiding it, to overcome your fear, I believe you need to embrace it.
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It's easy to talk, it's harder to fight.
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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.