"I'm a different animal in there. I don't want to have a good fight, I don't want to have an exciting fight, I want to have a finish." —Michael Chandler

Add value to your life by adding value to others' -Michael Chandler

It's not the man who pushes himself the hardest...it's the man who pushes himself the hardest after it gets painful -Michael Chandler

Michael Chandler on giving people a sense of hope

Fighters are so revered by fans because their battles in the cage reflect the struggles people face in their own lives. That is part of what brings the "art" to mixed martial arts in that everyone who watches can be inspired and moved by the performance which take place in competition. Michael Chandler is a fighter who feels it is his purpose in life to inspire others in such a fashion:

I truly believe this is my calling all my life; to be able to inspire people, motivate people, give them a sense of hope.

Michael Chandler on his chest tattoo "Blessed"

Michael Chandler on his tattoo on his chest which reads, "Blessed":

For me, it's just a constant reminder of how truly blessed I am. Just to be staying on two capable legs...and have two capable arms, to go out and compete and do what I love. It's an amazing gift that I've been given and that's one of the things that I don't want to take for granted.

You can hear Michael speak about this 3:49 into the following video interview clip conducted at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC:

Michael Chandler on Heart

Michael Chandler talking about heart with Fight Magazine:

I think the most important attribute of mixed martial arts, or aspect of it, is definitely the heart. With heart, comes cardio, because you could have horrible cardio but a huge heart, and all of a sudden your cardio is a lot better because of the heart that you have. So I would definitely say it's heart. You could have the best hands in the world, the best wrestling in the world, the best grappling in the world, but when the going gets tough, when it's late in the round, whenever you're getting a flurry of punches, you're getting beat up, do you have what it takes to dig deep and really take a hold of what is yours? Or what you think that you deserve.  And you have to believe that you deserve great things. You have to believe that you deserve to win each fight that you're in. You have to believe that you deserve to become a champion. And I think that all comes from that champion's mentality, which all starts from your heart. How big is your heart? And I think the hard work is what is what makes your heart grow every single day. You know, "the heart", it's an organ, but whenever you talk about heart you know you're talking about your will, your will to win, your determination. And that all comes from how much do you believe that what you've done here in the gym is going to translate into the fight. How much did you believe that what you did in the gym here was above and beyond what you needed to do, and above and beyond what your opponent has done. Whenever I step into the cage; no disrespect to any of my opponents, even the best guys that I've fought, but I know that they've never even come close to going through what I've gone through. With my wrestling background, wrestling five years at the University of Missouri, there's no way that they've even scratched the surface of the hell that I've put myself through. It's such a blessing to have that in my back pocket where I can just go and just deposit it from the heart bank, if you will. I've just accumulated and accumulated so much will and so much determination in my past that now when the going gets tough...I'm just used to it, I try to act as tough as I can and as much like a warrior as I can, and good things happen.

Michael Chandler on Improving as a fighter and man

Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler on improving:

At the end of the day...it's about stepping into the cage a better fighter, a better man, than you were the fight before.

Michael Chandler: Success is about the journey

The destination is just another moment. If one cannot enjoy the moment and the journey, once they reach the destination it won't be a pleasant arrival. Enjoy the moment, the process, the journey.

Success is more about the journey getting there than it is actually obtaining it...make your story an interesting one!
- Michael Chandler, Bellator champion

Michael Chandler: Fail Your Way To Success

Happiness Quotes

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Michael Chandler quoting Nelson Henderson.

Michael Chandler on Hard Work

 

Michael Chandler on Hard Work

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Michael Chandler on inspiring others

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Michael Chandler on Love, Fear, and Motivation

The strong are motivated by love, the weak are motivated by fear...

Michael Chandler on Happiness

Michael Chandler is a very spiritual and motivational fighter. The Bellator champion has a plethora of great quotes and this one on happiness is very true:

Happiness is very much a choice

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