Demian Maia on being unwilling to bend his principles for the sake of money and championship belts.

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Do What You Love to Do

When you do what you love you have a way of overcoming obstacles and going millions of miles further than you would without that passion for your craft. Sometimes during tough periods you can forget why you got into what you were doing in the first place, but it came from a state of doing what you love to do.

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