Saturday, October 12, 2013

Tim Kennedy on kids learning from training


UFC middleweight Tim Kennedy speaks on the positives learned from mixed martial arts training.


Friday, October 4, 2013

Ronda Rousey: You're training to be the best in the world on your worst day


Ronda Rousey's mother had a great line which she fed to her daughter when she was coming up in Judo:

One of my mom's best lines is...You're not training to be the best in the world, you're training to be the best in the world on your worst day.

Michael McDonald on loving MMA


Monday, September 30, 2013

Renzo Gracie on knowing himself truly and completely



Since competing in MMA makes you learn so much about yourself, Renzo Gracie has used it as a path of self-discovery:

"I will die shitting on my pants like everybody else, but knowing who I was...Knowing for sure and truly who I was."

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Chris Weidman on hard work and luck



Chris Weidman on hard work:

I believe that when preparation meets opportunity, I guess that's what you consider luck; so it's just hard work.

Friday, September 27, 2013

Floyd Mayweather on using your talents and skills



Inspiring words from Floyd Mayweather:

Everybody is blessed with a certain talent, you have to know what your talent is...you have to maximize it and push it to the limit.

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Floyd Mayweather quotes from the Howard Stern show



One of the most telling things Floyd Mayweather said during this interview was about his bronze medal he won at the Olympics. He says he didn't win the bronze, he received it:

"You only can win a gold...I don't even got it, I don't know who got it...I'm not impressed with it. I was born to be a winner"

He unflinchingly has the mindset of a winner.

 Other quotes from the interview:

"You have to relax...Take your time and go out there and get the job done. Always keep your composure"

"I just got the will to win at life"

"TMT is about being rich at heart"

Conor McGregor: Everything works, every move


Conor McGregor on learning from everyone:

Everything works. There's a time and place for every single move, no matter what it is...That's the approach I take.

Roxanne Modafferi on shooting for the stars

Chris Weidman on confidence and hard work


Chris Weidman on the correlation between hard work and confidence.


Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Chris Weidman on believing in yourself



11 minutes into this video Chris Weidman talks about self-confidence:

Believing in yourself at this stage of the game 99% of everything.



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