Georges St-Pierre Quotes

The danger is not to set your goal too high and fail to reach it. It’s to set your goal too low and reach it

You don’t get better on the days when you feel like going. You get better on the days when you don’t want to go, but you go anyway. If you can overcome the negative energy coming from your tired body or unmotivated mind, you will grow and become better. It won’t be the best workout you have, you won’t accomplish as much as what you usually do when you actually feel good, but that doesn’t matter. Growth is a long term game, and the crappy days are more important.

When you pay attention to detail, the big picture will take care of itself.

The real test is this one: When you're alone in a room, when you're in a private place and nobody else can see you, what do you choose to do? Eat well, or eat poorly? Exercise, or watch television? Practice something, or do nothing? The best version of the truth appears to you and you alone, when nobody else can see. This is the test of discipline, and it's what makes the difference in your life. It's what regulates your own system and guides it. The individual alone comprehends it.

Some people learn to lose. Others lose and learn.

With discipline, belief, and the right knowledge, we become the best we can be.

Fear is the genesis of most of the good things that have occurred in my life. Fear is the beginning of every success I've lived.

Standing still is never a good option. Not in the ring, and not in life... When you stop moving, you're done.

There is a difference between a fighter and a martial artist. A fighter is training for a purpose: He has a fight. I’m a martial artist. I don’t train for a fight. I train for myself. I’m training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection.

The truth is that I didn't start as a winner. When I was a kid, I was just another reject. I started at the bottom. I think all winners do.

What happens when you accept and embrace your fear? Fear becomes your weapon.

It all comes down to confidence: your body can do great things only if it believes it can accomplish them.

People who believe in themselves can accomplish almost anything... all begins with attitude.

My fear delivered one of the great lessons of my life: That someone without fear can’t push himself. He can’t get better. He can’t transform negatives into positives. He can’t open his world to creativity and invention, or even progress.

Training to become champion is the toughest thing. The fight itself is just a test.

I've trained myself to fight an army, so one guy will not defeat me.

My mentality is like a Samurai: They used to every day work on their technique to make themselves almost perfect. Because perfection is impossible, but every day, you get closer to perfection.

It's not about how you are when things go well, what defines you is how you are when you fail from an obstacle.

Your body can dictate your mind, so when I walk to a fight a lot of times I'm scared, I'm scared to death, I have a lot of doubts of myself, I'm afraid to fail, I'm afraid to be humiliated in front of everybody; but what happens, I act like it's impossible for me to fail and that my victory is a certainty. So as I'm walking to the Octagon and I act with confidence my body takes over my mind and I become confident for real. As I'm walking I see the change in my mind and when I reach the Octagon I'm a different person, I'm very confident.

If you prepare your subconscious for highly stressful situations, you can create harmony with your fears. You can tame fear like a wild animal and use it to your advantage.

Pick a goal, make a realistic plan to reach that goal, work through each step of the plan, and repeat.

The key to effective visualization is to create the most detailed, clear and vivid a picture to focus on as possible. The more vivid the visualization, the more likely, and quickly, you are to begin attracting the things that help you achieve what you want to get done.

With training and self discipline; clear focus and confidence; problems can be overcome and even lead to unexpected gains

One of my favorite Japanese proverbs is "Fall down 7 times, stand up 8".

In fighting, in evolution, in life, efficiency is the key.