Humility comes from how you come at the world. Confidence comes from how you come at yourself. —Greg Jackson

Frank Shamrock: The Ego is Garbage

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Matt Mitrione on MMA keeping you humble

You're either humble or will be made humble in MMA, according to UFC heavyweight Matt Mitrione:
MMA is a beautiful way of keeping you humble, because once you think you really are that good, somebody's going to come in and beat the brakes off of you.

Georges St-Pierre on Innovation and keeping a White-Belt mentality

 

GSP stays humble to innovate and improve.

 

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Yoshizo Machida on Being Humble

"The minute you stop being humble is the minute you’re going to stop moving forward as a fighter and a person. You’re going to become stagnant at that point.”
- Yoshizo Machida, father of Lyoto Machida

Eddie Alvarez on keeping a beginner's mind

Eddie Alvarez on being open to learning:

You have to stay open; open-minded and open to new things and to keep learning. Like a child at play, a beginner's mind...I try and keep a beginner's mind because that will always keep me open and learning new things and always staying humble to be able to just continue to improve.  

The concept of "beginner's mind" can be traced back to Zen Buddhism, which uses the word "Shoshin" to describe it. Additionally, a book by the Zen instructor Shunryu Suzuki called "Beginner's Mind", has made this concept more popular.

Fedor Emelianenko quote on humility

Fedor Emelianenko knew during his legendary mixed martial arts career, that at any moment everything could be taken away. So he didn't feel any need to praise himself:

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Rashad Evans on learning from everyone

Rashad Evans is humble enough to be open to learn from anybody in the world:

I am a student of whoever I can learn from. I don't see myself in position like I'm above anybody else and I can never learn, or no one can ever teach me anything. You learn a lot from guys who are just starting off sometimes. 

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Anderson Silva on being called the greatest of all time (GOAT)

I have to stay focussed. When someone says that I'm the greatest, it's not a fact, it's an opinion. So I just try and stay focussed, keep my feet on the ground, and just stay focussed and do my best.
- Anderson Silva

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Gina Carano on Confidence and Humility

Fighting's giving me confidence but it's also broken me down and kept me humble.
- Gina Carano

Eddie Bravo on controlling the ego

Greg Jackson on big egos and being humble

Greg Jackson speaking humility and ego in Sam Sheridan's book, A Fighter's Mind.

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Carlos Condit on the Quiet and Humble fighters

The silent and humble assassins are the fighters that Carlos Condit thinks are the most dangerous:

"It's not the guy talking the loudest that you got to worry about; it's the quiet, humble guy that's not saying anything, that's really the dangerous one."

Fedor Emelianenko on not being the best

Some people feel Fedor Emelianenko is the greatest of all time, or at least the greatest heavyweight of all time in MMA. That is the opinion of UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez and others. But Fedor shuns that label and takes a humble stance to his stature in the sport.

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Anderson Silva Quote on Imagination

Anderson Silva's philosophy on fighting:

I don’t think I’m better than anyone; I just like to prove to myself that things I imagine can be done.

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Joe Rogan: The best fighters are Martial Artists

Joe Rogan feels that the best MMA fighters on the planet are martial artists, such as Anderson Silva and GSP:

The best of the best are martial artists. Anderson Silva, he's a martial artist. Georges St-Pierre is a martial artist, no doubt about it, he is 100% a martial artist, in the way he behaves around people, the way he conducts himself. He conducts himself like an exemplary member of society who can fuck you up...You never get the feeling around Georges he can kick your ass. Of course he can, you know he can, psychologically, realistically you know he can, but you never feel that around him because he's always so humble and so friendly and so nice.

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Travis Browne on staying humble

"My whole thing is to stay humble and stay confident in my abilities."
-Travis Browne

Brian Stann on War humbling him

Anderson Silva on the Qualities he Respects in People

When Anderson Silva was asked what are the qualities he admires most in people he answered:

I admire the qualities of being Humble and Honest.  Treat everyone the way you would like to be treated.

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Mike Tyson on humility and fighting

Mike Tyson is one of, if not the greatest boxer of all time. And that wisdom he gained from boxing can also be related to mixed martial arts. Tyson instructed the following words of wisdom to up and coming MMA fighters on The Ultimate Fighter where Georges St-Pierre served as a coach:

Fighting is a sport if you're not humble it's going to bring humbleness to you.

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