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Only way to eliminate the element of surprise is to know yourself and now your adversary.

Georges St-Pierre

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Georges St-Pierre
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: May 19
Actor
Amateur Wrestler
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Practitioner
Film Actor
Karateka
Mixed Martial Artist
Thai Boxer
GSP
Adversaries
Eliminate
Mma
Element
Surprise
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Adversary

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My goal is to share all my learning, all of my knowledge, so that other generations of martial arts will benefit.
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The goal is to avoid mediocrity by being prepared to try something and either failing miserably or triumphing grandly.
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Seeking knowledge is like opening doors. And I know the doors are everywhere.
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One of the important lessons I learned from my parents is always to respect authority figures like teachers.
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I was a big fan of Jean-Claude Van-Damme growing up, and I always wanted to be a martial artist 'cause of him.
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Kyokoshin I've done most, but I competed in Sports Karate also, that's my style that I come from, and mixed with the wrestling that's how I got the takedowns.
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I am a public person and I have my private life. It's important for me that my private life stay private, that what I share with the people is my public personality.
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Watching myself fight, I realize the line between success and failure is so narrow, it's scary.
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For me, personally, when I'm afraid of something - when you're afraid of something, normally you try to go away, you try to avoid it. Instead of avoiding it, to overcome your fear, I believe you need to embrace it.
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Growth is a long term game, and the crappy days are more important.
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To fight a bigger guy you need to train with bigger guys and it takes a lot more on your body. And it's not your weight class.
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I'm a shy guy... I don't enjoy being bothered but I never say no to a fan. I say yes to everybody... even though sometimes you have some days where you don't feel like it, but it's your duty as athlete to do it. Because the fans that pay it's going to make you live, so you have to do it. So I force myself to do it all the time.
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The only way forward in life is innovation.
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If you look good, you feel good, and if you feel good, you do good.
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No two journeys are alike. Nobody can pretend to know the journey another person takes to achieve his dreams.
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Always pursue your dreams and work hard at it.
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If I come back and I lose, at least I know I did everything I should have done, I have no regrets, I'll be happy. I can die happy.
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I try to protect my loved ones, the people I share my life with, because they don't have a public life like me. I want to keep their lives private out of respect for them.
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I had two ACL injuries in my life, and both of them happened when I was training with bigger guys a heavyweight and a light heavyweight. Sometimes it's not even because the guy is good, you just get hurt.
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