Greg Jackson Quotes & Sayings

Family is no doubt a pier glass for one's own self-contempt. But for all my regret that this should happen now, for all my frustration and incomprehension, those feelings, I knew, had to be set next to my own meager participation in these lives, the implicit idea that it was enough for me to show up now and again for a few days and assume the unencumbered neutrality that may, in fact, have been no different from my habitual absence. — Greg Jackson

Every day is one day closer to the dirt, so you got to go hard. — Greg Jackson

You have to wake up and say, 'I have a fire in me to be better than I am right now.' That's your base. — Greg Jackson

You have to get comfortable being uncomfortable ... so that when we get our 15 minutes in the cage, we don't panic, we don't break down. — Greg Jackson

Your job, with all that mental training and suffering, is just to push your line of breaking so far your opponent can't find it. — Greg Jackson

There's an old Celtic proverb that I follow: See much, study much, suffer much is the path to wisdom. — Greg Jackson

You do brutal workouts to get used to suffering so suffering doesn't become a defining deal. — Greg Jackson

The sun will rise tomorrow, even if you get knocked out in 30 seconds. — Greg Jackson

I get a huge kick out of training people, out of helping people, out of just being a part of a process that I get to see people's dreams come true. — Greg Jackson

Humility comes from how you come at the world. Confidence comes from how you come at yourself. — Greg Jackson

Why do people watch fights? ... They watch it for inspiration. — Greg Jackson

I always look at things as, instead of a problem, how is this an opportunity? — Greg Jackson

I wanted to help people. I was raised by Quaker hippies ... True happiness comes from helping others, that's what was pounded in my head from day one ... So that began my teaching journey. — Greg Jackson

Watching Clay Guida fight is like watching a Tasmanian devil. — Greg Jackson

Fighters have to be optimists. — Greg Jackson