Georges St-Pierre Quotes
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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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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 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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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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No two journeys are alike. Nobody can pretend to know the journey another person takes to achieve his dreams.
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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 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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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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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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Thanks to his willingness to face me, my life takes shape, my path evolves.
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You can spend your life watching other people win or beat your name into history.
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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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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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It's not the most powerful animal that survives. It's the most efficient.
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What happens when you accept and embrace your fear? Fear becomes your weapon.
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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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With discipline, belief, and the right knowledge, we become the best we can be.
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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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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.
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Fights aren't won in the octagon, they're won in the months leading up to them, in a near-empty gym, in the lost hours of a day, whether I feel like it or not.
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Everyone is a threat, and anyone can be beat at any given moment. No one is invincible.
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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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Every little thing you do leads up to a bigger thing.
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The beach in Tel-Aviv I went to, it even looks and feels a little bit like Rio de Janeiro. Some other places are very European and I just like it. I thought it would be fun but it's a lot better than that. It's a lot more relaxed and a lot of fun, and I feel very secure, and I would tell my friends they should come here when they plan a vacation. Not only the history.