Quotes on Mma

In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.

It’s better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot.

That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's back. If it's not positive, I didn't hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy.

Fighting is not what I do - it's who I am. It's what I was meant to do, what I was meant to be. I knew that right after my first MMA practice.

One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself.

You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect.

And I'm not sure why I'm infatuated with death,_x000D_ _x000D_ My imagination is surely an aggravation of threats..._x000D_ _x000D_ Maybe cause I'm a dreamer, and sleep is the cousin of death,_x000D_ _x000D_ Really stuck in the scheme of wondering when I'mma rest.

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.

When I looked at the state of women's MMA, what I saw was that it was missing rivalries or anything theatrical about it. Everybody was trying to be Miss America, unwilling to go under any kind of criticism, and taking the safe answers. I thought I needed to do whatever I could to get attention.

Cage Warriors is a brilliant organisation. They're doing great things for European MMA, and they're giving the platform for guys like me who came through. They're vital. I'm forever grateful for the opportunities I got.

Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it.

Know the difference between a catastrophe and an inconvenience.

A black belt only covers two inches of your ass. You have to cover the rest.

If I’m committed, there is always a way.

A lot of people give up just before they're about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.

Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.

Each of you is perfect the way you are ... and you can use a little improvement.

Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.