Georges St-Pierre Quotes
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It's not the most powerful animal that survives. It's the most efficient.
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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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Everyone is a threat, and anyone can be beat at any given moment. No one is invincible.
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Training to become champion is the toughest thing. The fight itself is just a test.
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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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Using your imagination to create mental images stimulates your mind, helps organize your life and keeps your focus in a particular direction. It allows your unconscious mind to work toward the image you have created, the goal. It's about understand the life you want to live, and seeing it unfold before you.
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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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The only way to ever truly get your confidence and swagger back, I've learned, is to fight for them.
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You think I was born rich? I've worked really hard. You have no idea.
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Dinosaurs were huge and powerful; they could not adapt and they died out. And so the big difference between dinosaurs and cockroaches is adaptability: one is able to adjust, while the other, apparently, couldn't... The same analogy applies to fighting, and probably any other sport. It's not always the strong that survive. It takes brains, guts, tolerance and forward thinking. We've seen this since the beginning of mixed martial arts.
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Every little thing you do leads up to a bigger thing.
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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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It's easy to talk, it's harder to fight.
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Only way to eliminate the element of surprise is to know yourself and now your adversary.
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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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Set your goal and keep moving forward.
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It's bizarre, a punch in the face hurts less when you win than when you lose.
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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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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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A guy that has more knowledge has the advantage.
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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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Innovation, born from true creativity, depends on movement.
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You always recognize great champions... how they come back from a loss.