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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A true master gives all his knowledge. But only when the student is ready.
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Thanks to his willingness to face me, my life takes shape, my path evolves.
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It's not about how you are when things go well, what defines you is how you are when you fail from an obstacle.
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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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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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Every little thing you do leads up to a bigger thing.
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You think I was born rich? I've worked really hard. You have no idea.
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I fight with emotion, but I don't fight with anger. I could be angry, but I'm not going to fight with anger because when you fight with anger you can make mistakes.
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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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Only way to eliminate the element of surprise is to know yourself and now your adversary.
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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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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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It's not the most powerful animal that survives. It's the most efficient.
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Training to become champion is the toughest thing. The fight itself is just a test.
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The only way to ever truly get your confidence and swagger back, I've learned, is to fight for them.
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A guy that has more knowledge has the advantage.
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Nick Diaz is a champion so he's got the spirit that comes with it. So he's not going to give up mentally. You see a lot of guys give up mentally and that's why they get knocked out or submitted. They give up mentally before they lose.
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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.
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The only way forward in life is innovation.
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There is no luck in life, everything happens for a reason. Every little thing that you do... leads up to a bigger thing. And that's the story of my life.
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Innovation, born from true creativity, depends on movement.
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I've come up with my own cure for a closed mind: try it once, and see.