Georges St-Pierre Quotes
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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 is very important to me, especially professionally. The alternative, standing pat, leads to complacency, rigidity and eventually failure.
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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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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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Watching myself fight, I realize the line between success and failure is so narrow, it's scary.
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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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With discipline, belief, and the right knowledge, we become the best we can be.
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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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Respect is the most important thing. Be respectful toward others and have respect for yourself.
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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.
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For me there is no reason why to go up in weight class, because when you go up in weight class you have to fight bigger guys - then you have to train against bigger guys. The guys are not better, they're heavier, but it means you have more chance to get hurt.
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I'm not impressed by your performance.
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Every little thing you do leads up to a bigger thing.
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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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Humility is the first rule of martial arts. Either you learn humility quickly, or you leave because your ego can't handle losing repeatedly.
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I'm the kind of guy who only makes a mistake once, never twice.
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With training and self discipline; clear focus and confidence; problems can be overcome and even lead to unexpected gains
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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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Everyone is a threat, and anyone can be beat at any given moment. No one is invincible.
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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 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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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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One of my favorite Japanese proverbs is "Fall down 7 times, stand up 8".