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."
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:
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.
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.
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.
Chris Weidman on confidence and hard work
Chris Weidman on the correlation between hard work and confidence:
It's all about confidence...And you're not always going to feel confident, but all that matters is when you step in that cage, when you touch those gloves, that you're confident. And I think that all literally comes from hard work. If you're not working hard every day, you're not going to feel like you really belong in there and deserve to win.
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.
Mike Tyson on friends and enemies
Mike Tyson on friends and enemies:
"Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody that helps you is not your friend"
Jon Jones on manifesting dreams with the Law of Attraction
Jon Jones on manifesting dreams in his reality:
I really feel like a walking testimony of like if you set your mind to things, how things can come true for you. I feel like I'm like, like the law of attraction. I feel like I'm living that life wholeheartedly. Everything that I've looked for out of life, it's come to be so far...I'm working hard, I'm not getting lucky, I'm earning things...I feel like a living testament to how you can just put your mind to anything and make it happen.
Jon Jones on no limits
“The only limitations are the ones we put on ourselves and I just don’t believe in limiting myself”
- Jon Jones
Georges St-Pierre on overcoming problems
Georges St-Pierre comments about his recipe for overcoming obstacles in his book The Way of the Fight:
“No matter what is thrown into your path, with training and self-discipline, with clear focus and confidence, problems can be overcome”
Recipe for waking up early......
Do you want to wake up early everyday....
Do you know that 80% of people who are leaders of the world wake up early at 5.00 AM in the morning...
Do you know that success has a direct correlation to waking up early...
Do you know that in general, people who wake up early are the most productive people....
I didn't know that till I wasted 40% of my life.....
So now that I knew this secret, i decided to ask a lot of people on letting me know the perfect solution on how can I wake up early...but got nothing specific - all general blah blah......
I tried the common solution for the first day, couldn't do it and then first day became a week and then a month, a year and still I was clueless to find a solution until I decided to try a completely new strategy....
Do you want to know it....
Here it is....everyday I used to set up the alarm at 5.00 AM and continuously hit the snooze button month after month...till I came across this video....
Did you listen to the video, wasn't it amazing (at least I found it extremely inspiring) ....
Now what I do is that I keep the you tube page open and as soon as alarm rings, my hand goes to the snooze button, but I also hit the play button on the you tube page open on my phone....
As soon as the video starts playing, I start hearing the voice on the other side...and what do you know that my mind which was begging me to sleep for five more minutes becomes alert and motivated to get up to rise and shine for my day....
Now what I do is that I keep the you tube page open and as soon as alarm rings, my hand goes to the snooze button, but I also hit the play button on the you tube page open on my phone....
As soon as the video starts playing, I start hearing the voice on the other side...and what do you know that my mind which was begging me to sleep for five more minutes becomes alert and motivated to get up to rise and shine for my day....
Try this and maybe it will work for you just like it did for me....
Please let me know what were the results or what is your secret to wake up early...
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Floyd Mayweather on giving one hundred percent
Floyd Mayweather on his definition of a winner:
I want the young champions to know, winning is not always getting your hand raised. Winning is going out there giving whatever you do 100%. As long as you know you gave whatever you did 100% you're considered a winner in my book.
Ronda Rousey on not cutting corners
Ronda Rousey on not cutting any corners to be the greatest:
You want to be the best in the world you can't cut any corners. Why do you think swimmers shave their arm hair off? Because every little thing counts.
Dominick Cruz on the mental game
Dominick Cruz has an incredible work ethic, which has strengthened his mind. But he continues to develop his mental game through learning from great champions such as boxing great Floyd Mayweather.
Nick Newell and Jim Abbott
A great video with two great one-handed athletes in Jim Abbott and Nick Newell. Abbott says: Believe that there's a way.
If you can be optimistic, if you can have that belief, you can do it.
Rafael Nadal's Secret behind His Successful Comeback
"How can someone who should be double break down in a set goes on to save 3 BP on his service again only to win the set 6-4?" If you don't know the answer, just watch the third set of US Open final this year and you will find the answer. Rafael Nadal is undoubtedly the greatest fighter tennis has ever seen till date. How can he do what he did, winning US Open 2013 emphatically? Here is the answer..
"Endurance - That’s a big word. Keep going physically, never letting up and putting up with everything that comes your way, not allowing the good or the bad , the ups and downs, good luck or bad luck - to put you off track. - Rafa Nadal wrote in his autobiography Rafa on the definition of endurance.
Many people have always wondered and been amazed at the brilliant comeback of Rafael Nadal after a seven month layoff. Historically when players have been away from their sport for so long, their comeback has often been marred with lapses of form and lack of ability to reach back to the top.
It becomes even more important in case of Nadal who is currently competing in the toughest era in tennis esp. with the likes of Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Still the seven month absence didn't even put a speck on his performance, if anything he has bounced back with even more fierceness and determination to succeed.
His record speaks for itself and apart from winning French Open title 8th time in his career, he has also emerged as the best hard court player this year with a 21-0 win loss record. I was myself amazed and left in disbelief at what he has accomplished until…. I read RAFA, his autobiography and that was the time when it became clear to me why Nadal has comeback the way he has.
For people who haven't read it, it's a book full of wisdom and inspiration for mortal tennis fans like me, depicting in his own words the reasons for his success. To me, more than that, it is a recipe handed to us to ensure that if we do want to succeed in our lives, we can use it blindly and be rest assured that we will reach the top.
So what is the recipe:
Concentration and Discipline are the key ingredients of his recipe.
Rafa emphasizes that you have to ensure that you don't lose concentration at any time
as losing concentration in his case would mean that he would not be able to do continuously what he knows will enable him to reach the top.eg: hitting every shot to Federer's backhand or never even once erring from his routine during the seven months of layoff.
"Being concentrated means that you have to keep doing what you know you will have to do to succeed , never changing your plan because of any ups or downs, unless in exceptional circumstances which means to spring a surprise. " - Rafael Nadal
"Even though it might seem like a chance to put the pressure on and seize the initiative, continue doing what is best in the long run. Endurance means disciplines, it means holding back the temptation in life to go for broke. Fighting that temptation means keeping your impatience or frustration in check." - Rafael Nadal
Reading his book ( although I am still reading it) has given me an insight which seems simple but yet the most effective weapon that we can have in our arsenal. The beautiful way Rafa has described endurance and it's key ingredients ( Concentration and Discipline) is well worth the effort for anyone to apply in their life. It's a simple plan for Rafa and for us to succeed in life but we are always on the lookout for complicated, failing to realize that complicated plans never work. It's often the simple ones which leads you to success. To end this article,
"You have to be centered, no distractions, do what you have to do in each moment. Be alert, Be patient and don't be rash." - Rafael Nadal
Also:
Rafael Nadal - The Momentum Rider
Without a Leg - Handicapped or Empowered?
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Quotes from Chris Beal from TUF 18
Chris Beal from The Ultimate Fighter 18:
- "I was told there was a lot of things I wouldn't be able to accomplish and I wouldn't be able to do, but I'm doing it."
- "People said I wouldn't make it but I just kept fighting, because that's what I do"
- "Focussing on fighting, that saved my life completely"
- "I want to show him (his son) that if you work hard, no matter what, you can do it"
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