Saturday, November 21, 2015

Victory is not merely your hand being raised at the end of a fight, but it's much deeper than that. If you can enter the ring a better person than you were in your last fight, then it was a victory. —Enson Inoue


I let the impact of the Rousey/Holm fight sink in for 3 days, gathered my thoughts, and this is what I feel. I must...
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Victory is not merely your hand being raised at the end of a fight, but it's much deeper than that. If you can enter the ring a better person than you were in your last fight, then it was a victory. —Enson Inoue

Thursday, October 15, 2015

UFC bantamweight Aljamain Sterling on self belief

Self-belief is something that only my mother would seldom teach me. And even for that, I'm grateful to have any it from at least one of my parents. I believe having self-belief is crucial for development of all kids, so that they're confident in their own abilities and their future, of being good or great at something they choose to be good at. So many times in my life I've doubted my abilities and it was the shackles to my own development and success as a student, an athlete, and a person. I still battle my pessimistic-demons and time, after time, I prove to myself that I can be just as great as anyone else, as long I want to be! #TBT when I won the CFFC 135 lb title against Sean Santella, who was the top ranked guy in my division! #DreamsIntoReality! Try to tell me what I can't do and I'll kick your ass! 💪
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Self-belief is something that only my mother would seldom teach me. And even for that, I'm grateful to have any it from at least one of my parents. I believe having self-belief is crucial for development of all kids, so that they're confident in their own abilities and their future, of being good or great at something they choose to be good at. So many times in my life I've doubted my abilities and it was the shackles to my own development and success as a student, an athlete, and a person. I still battle my pessimistic-demons and time, after time, I prove to myself that I can be just as great as anyone else, as long I want to be!

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Saturday, August 8, 2015

Everything you’re going through and everything you’ve gone through will be worth the struggles and frustrations. —Ronda Rousey

From "My fight, your fight":

“I never would have been able to do any of those things without hope. The kind of hope I’m talking about is the belief that something good will come. That everything you’re going through and everything you’ve gone through will be worth the struggles and frustrations. The kind of hope I’m talking about is a deep belief that the world can be changed, that the impossible is possible.”
– Ronda Rousey

Sunday, May 24, 2015

Uriah Hall: Fear is an illusion

Luke Rockhold: Don't focus on the outcome






Don't focus on the outcome, when you focus on the outcome it creates anxiety and it builds. I just need to enjoy the moment and let it be. If I just fight I know I'm going to go out there and perform and do it my best. Don't focus on winning or losing.
—Luke Rockhold

Monday, April 20, 2015

Claudia Gadelha on emitting good energy

Max Holloway on being positive




Ricky Lundell on fear of others' expectations

Don't let your fear of others' perceptions of you keep you from acquiring the experience and skill necessary that it takes to be successful. I've known many who have already built an empire lose the proper mind set and start to fear others perceptions causing them to lose their empire. Ive also met thousands of men capable of building great empires that feared others perceptions so much that they never started. No matter your level in the game; the moment you are worried you will look stupid and you allow that fear to hold you back... you may as well just throw in the towel. Because your dream is not going to happen. You must be in control of your thoughts and perceptions. Then go take what is yours!!! 
—Ricky Lundell 

John Kavanagh on not letting fear stop you

Every successful fighter I've ever coached hated losing. They would do anything to avoid that feeling. But, they never let the fear of losing stop them trying. The inevitable slip, fail, loss did not make them quit. Did not make them sit back and blame those around them, rather it inspired them to honestly evaluate their skills and training to make the necessary adjustments.
You will 100% not win the competition you don't enter, not get the job you don't apply for and not get the girl you don't ask out. Losing sucks, don't let anyone tell you otherwise....but a life spent not trying, not putting your ego at risk is much worse. Be bold, be brave, step into the arena.
Arc de Triomphe seems a suitable setting

 —John Kavanagh



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