Life Is A Fight From The Minute

Even Though I Was Painted, Even Though I Had On Seven Layers Of Paint - To The Point That I Got A Tan, It Was As Thick As A Fabric - I Think I Felt The Most Naked Because I Couldn't Cover Myself At All. I Didn't Have To, So I Had To Be Much More Open And Relaxed.

You Have To Have Fear In Order To Have Courage.

Most People Focus On The Wrong Thing; They Focus On The Result, Not The Process. The Process Is The Sacrifice; It's All The Hard Parts - The Sweat, The Pain, The Tears, The Losses. You Make The Sacrifices Anyway. You Learn To Enjoy Them, Or At Least Embrace Them. In The End, It Is The Sacrifices That Must Fulfill You.

A Belt Does Nothing But Hold Your Gi Together. A Belt Has Assigned Significance, A Belt Is Someone Else Saying You're Good, You Don't Need Other People Saying That You're Good In Order To Be Good.

For Me, Mma Is Like Speed Chess. It's Like I'm Herding A Person Into A Certain Position. Say My Endgame Is An Arm Bar. I'm Not Gonna Actually Take You And Put You There. What I'm Going To Do Is Convince You That It's A Good Idea To Move In The Direction I Want You To Go.