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Innovation keeps me ahead of my competition. It means that my foes must adapt to me, not the other way around.
Georges St-Pierre
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Georges St-Pierre
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: May 19
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Amateur Wrestler
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Practitioner
Film Actor
Karateka
Mixed Martial Artist
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I will never take the fact that I am Welterweight Champion for granted. I learnt my mistake in the past. No matter how great, no matter how people tell me how great I am, I'm always one mistake away from losing everything.
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Nick Diaz is a champion so he's got the spirit that comes with it. So he's not going to give up mentally. You see a lot of guys give up mentally and that's why they get knocked out or submitted. They give up mentally before they lose.
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Training to become champion is the toughest thing. The fight itself is just a test.
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Sometimes I'm under the impression some of the fights happen that they shouldn't happen because a guy's cheating. Also, I think when something like this happen they should have not only a suspension but also monetary wise enforce a penalty. Maybe take the purse of the fighter to the other fighter.
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A system that works for one person won't be perfect for another... Individuality is a major part of expanding knowledge.
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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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Make sure your approach is consistent and steady so that you can maintain the progress you're making as your journey continues.
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What happens when you accept and embrace your fear? Fear becomes your weapon.
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Thanks to his willingness to face me, my life takes shape, my path evolves.
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I think it makes your stronger to admit that you're scared, because you're not scared to say that you're scared.
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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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When you prepare a list of improvements and you make them small and achievable, you won't just stick to then, you'll increase the chances that you'll keep moving forward.
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Once fear enters your life - it will take you in one of two directions: empowerment or panic.
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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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No two journeys are alike. Nobody can pretend to know the journey another person takes to achieve his dreams.
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Power is different when you combined it with wisdom. Wisdom allows you to use less power to accomplish more tasks.
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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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One of my favorite Japanese proverbs is Fall down 7 times, stand up 8.
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People have mistaken my break, I took a break from competition, it was because of mental problems, and because I was not agreeing with Performance Enhancing Drugs. I put the things on pause for a while, but I didn't retire.
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Before each one of my fights, I make a point of saluting my opponent. I salute the other fighter out of respect, even though he is trying to take something from me.
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