Great Mma Quotes & Sayings

There is a tidal wave of ignorance, Mma Ramotswe. It is a great tidal wave and it will drown all of us if we are not careful. — Alexander McCall Smith

Despite the failures you've had, you can be great. — Jon Jones

Nurture you mind with great thoughts — Gunnar Nelson

When great depths of unrelenting sorrow are punctuated by great peaks of joy and liberation, the result is delicious. — Georges St-Pierre

To be happy is very important to do a great performance because you have to be comfortable; your mind has to be clear. — Lyoto Machida

And although she'd glibly remarked that you couldn't stand still, was this actually true or was it a hollow axiom as false and misleading as any other trite saying? Why should one not stand still? If the position in which one found oneself standing was a satisfactory and comfortable one? She felt no need, no need at all to move on from being Mma Ramotswe of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, wife that great mechanic, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni. — Alexander McCall Smith

If you can talk the talk but cant walk the walk youll look like a fool. That's the risk but with great risk comes great reward. — Chael Sonnen

(Mma Ramotswe thinking about what her father taught her ... )
Having the right approach to life was a great gift in this life ... .Do not complain about your life. Do not blame others for things that you have brought upon yourself. Be content with who you are and where you are, and do whatever you can do to bring to others such contentment, and joy, and understanding that you have managed to find yourself ... You can do that in the company of an old friend - you can close your eyes and think of the land that gave you life and breath, and of all the reasons why you are glad that you are there, with the people you know, with the people you love. — Alexander McCall Smith

In order to be truly great at something you have to give into a certain amount of madness. — Joe Rogan

It's great to see there's a push behind women's MMA because everyone who's involved in women's MMA is very passionate about it. — Michelle Waterson

I worry about you a great deal, Mma. I worry that you will take all the cares of the world on your shoulders and that you will collapse under the weight. I worry that you will open your heart to so many people that eventually it will be full - crowded - and it will stop because there is no room for the blood to go round. I am worried that you will look after so many people that you will forget that there is one person who also needs looking after, and that person is you, Mma. I am worried about all these things. — Alexander McCall Smith

Fighters are raised into MMA. It's more about what's internal, not what's God given. When you have a great fighter like Rickson Gracie or Fedor Emelianenko-they're greater than the others because they have an internal spiritual being that separates them from the rest in their craft. They have the warrior spirit. — Troy Polamalu

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. — Conor McGregor

You live once ... Why not live to be great? — Luke Rockhold

We are all great beings ... I think people have lost the sense of that. — Pat Barry

There are certain things that I always dreamed of, like fighting in the UFC. There's just certain things that I feel like haven't been accomplished there. There's such great women coming up in the sport; seems like a wonderful time to be in women's MMA. — Gina Carano

If I die tomorrow the world is in great hands. In a much better hands than mine. — Renzo Gracie

Fear is a good thing because it keeps you alive, but if it becomes so great that it hinders you from doing what you want, you need to confront it head-on — Forrest Griffin

To do the right thing at the right season is a great art. — Helio Gracie

Kindness is one of the best gifts you can bestow ... We know that inherently that feels great. — Joe Rogan

Although she was not a great reader, Mma Potokwane was a firm believer in the power of the book. The more books that Botswana had, in her view, the better. It would be on books that the future would be based; books and the people who knew how to use them. — Alexander McCall Smith

Everything, all those great things, had happened so far away
or so it seemed to [Mma Ramotswe] at the time. The world was made to sound as if it belonged to other people
to those who lived in distant countries that were so different from Botswana; that was before people had learned to assert that the world was theirs too, that what happened in Botswana was every bit as important, and valuable, as what happened anywhere else. — Alexander McCall Smith

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

I went in there with 100% belief, even though I knew how great the champion was, I just had to believe in myself. — T.J. Dillashaw

Being a great fighter is having a perfect balance of having that toughness, skill, as well as that mental capability to be able to out-think you opponent. — Rashad Evans

We all could be great, but we have to be open our mind to the way in which we could. — Kenny Florian

Cake," said Mma Ramotswe quickly. "That is Mr J.L.B. Matekoni's great weakness. He cannot help himself when it comes to cake. He can be manipulated very easily if he has a plate of cake in his hand. — Alexander McCall Smith

Once I got over my anger and rage from childhood, once I stopped feeling like a victim, I was able to open myself to great sources of learning. — Georges St-Pierre

I've had a great life following my faith and my instincts. — Evander Holyfield

You don't have to have all the right things in life, all the doors already open for you, in order to do great things. — Sara McMann

I've never pumped myself up or made myself angry as some sportsmen do. I think that one should treat his opponent with great respect. — Fedor Emelianenko

I go to bed with a clear conscience. I sleep great. I know I did my best. — Alistair Overeem

You always recognize great champions ... how they come back from a loss. — Georges St-Pierre