You learn how to persevere, you learn to have the discipline, you learn to lose, you learn to win, you learn how to not quit. —Ricardo Liborio on Jiu-Jitsu

You learn how to persevere, you learn to have the discipline, you learn to lose, you learn to win, you learn how to not quit.
—Ricardo Liborio on Jiu-Jitsu

For me, I learnt from jiu-jitsu and martial arts to be humble and to go forward in life in a positive way. — Ricardo Liborio

"Just because you lose doesn't make you a loser. It's not the same fight every time." -Ricardo Liborio

Great Quotes by MMA Coaches

Some of the most respected coaches in Mixed Martial Arts are Greg Jackson, Firas Zahabi out of Tristar Gym, John Danaher out of Renzo Gracie's Academy and who helps Zahabi with training Georges St-Pierre, and Ricardo Liborio out of American Top Team.

With Greg Jackson, a strong them in his philosophy is suffering and the getting used to that feeling of being unpleasant. His concept of combat lends itself to training to the bitter limits and consequently the fight is a relatively pleasant encounter. Jackson has used this coaching style to breed several champions including the pound for pound number one fighter in the world at the moment, Jon Jones.



Firas Zahabi believes in preparation over everything. For the Montreal native, he looks at the fight as something not so much won in the UFC Octagon, but the result of months leading up to it in training. And he also adheres to the philosophy of  focusing on the things you can control, and discarding all thinking about the rest.




BJJ wizard and coach John Danaher is a former professor at Columbia University. He no longer teaches philosophy at the university level, but takes that brilliant knowledge and applies it into the world of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and mixed martial arts. For Danaher, he is someone who focusses on perfection and routine.


Ricardo Liborio is a legendary Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu artist and head of the American Top Team gym in Florida. Liborio believes in humility and using that trait to learn from everyone, as well as keeping a patient mind on the road to improvement.

 

Ricardo Liborio on Maturity, Losing, and Competing

Ricardo Liborio explains in A Fighter's Mind, his viewpoint on letting go of a lot of baggage and pressure and allowing yourself to perform the best:

Maturity is a big part of success in fighting, because it means you understand the game-that losing is part of the game.  It doesn't mean to let yourself get conquered, but to know that you can win again, at the right time you can be great. The key to doing well in competition is to accept. Accept you can lose, you can not perform.  Take this big bag of rocks out of your backpack, take the pressure off, and you’ll do better.  Once you understand that, man, you can do well.

Ricardo Liborio on Overcoming Obstacles

Ricardo Liborio on frustration

Frustration can take your stamina, your appetite for winning. You get angry at yourself, not the guy beating you.
- Ricardo Liborio

Ricardo Liborio and being humble and learning

Ricardo Liborio, co-founder of American Top Team, has some inspiring words for those looking to grow:

Be honest and humble enough to learn from everybody.