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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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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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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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Power is different when you combined it with wisdom. Wisdom allows you to use less power to accomplish more tasks.
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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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Efficiency for me is an obsession..It not only helps me get stronger but makes things simpler.
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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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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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Pick a goal, make a realistic plan to reach that goal, work through each step of the plan, and repeat.
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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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Innovation is very important to me, especially professionally. The alternative, standing pat, leads to complacency, rigidity and eventually failure.
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Thanks to his willingness to face me, my life takes shape, my path evolves.
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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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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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No two journeys are alike. Nobody can pretend to know the journey another person takes to achieve his dreams.
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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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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 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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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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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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A true master gives all his knowledge. But only when the student is ready.
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I'm so busy during my everyday, when I go on vacation I need to pull the plug like they say, and to do nothing.
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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.