"With my students, I always tell them that the loss is where you can get better... Once you make a mistake in a fight or competition, you never do that again. It's carved in your brain" —Renzo Gracie

Just be yourself and do your best. Really that's all you can ask for from an athlete. —Jessica Penne

I have learned that nothing is as easy as it seems to be, there are 1000 guys out there as good if not better, it's all about your heart, if you truly believe in yourself then the sky is the limit, but without that you've got nothing! —Gabe Walbridge

Randa Markos' advice to fighters: Be open minded, don't limit yourself, and don't let anyone put a limit on your potential. —Randa Markos

 

Be open minded, don't limit yourself, and don't let anyone put a limit on your potential. —Randa Markos

You got to focus on the here and now and everything will take care of itself. —Ryan Bader

You got to focus on the here and now and everything will take care of itself. —Ryan Bader

My grandma would quote Abraham Lincoln all the time: "Whatever you do in life, be a good one" No matter what you do in life, just be a good one. -Donald Cerrone

A black belt doesn't mean anything. The meaning is in the journey. - Gunnar Nelson

We fall, but we get up because the ground is no place for a champion. —Dustin Poirier

Getting what you want in life will never be easy, so keep pushing through obstacles that will try to hold you back. Getting what you want in life will never be easy, so keep pushing through obstacles that will try to hold you back. —Anthony Johnson

Getting what you want in life will never be easy, so keep pushing through obstacles that will try to hold you back.
—Anthony Johnson

That's my dream, to be the greatest. Why not? I think my confidence offends a lot of people, but I think people should learn from it and be inspired by it instead of finding it offensive. Why not want to be the greatest? -Jon Jones

That's my dream, to be the greatest. Why not? I think my confidence offends a lot of people, but I think people should learn from it and be inspired by it instead of finding it offensive. Why not want to be the greatest?
—Jon Jones