Quotes & Sayings About Mma

Everything, it seemed to Mma Ramotswe, had a waiting list - except the government taxman and the call, when it came, to leave this world. You could not argue with the agents of either of these: you paid, and you went. But I am just on the waiting list ... No, there is no waiting list for these things ... — Alexander McCall Smith

Only way to eliminate the element of surprise is to know yourself and now your adversary. — Georges St-Pierre

I shall go and sit under a tree ... . Which tree, Mma? ... Oh, there are many trees in this life, she said. It does not matter which tree you choose, as long as you choose the right one. — Alexander McCall Smith

Smart work pays best. Trust it. — Conor McGregor

You've got to remain humble because you never know when somebody will hand you your ass. — Soa Palelei

I love what I do ... When I'm in there I don't want to be nowhere else in the world ... I love this game more than anything. — Conor McGregor

There's always tomorrow; that's the martial way. — Frank Shamrock

It's all about being happy with your life and having fun. At least that's what works for me. — Donald Cerrone

Well," said Mma Ramotswe, "I have felt that anger. I felt it when I saw that the van had gone. I felt it a bit in the truck on the way back. But what is the point of anger now, Mma? I don't think that anger will help us." Mma Makutsi sighed. "You are right about anger," she said. "There is no point in it. — Alexander McCall Smith

Am I nervous? Yeah. Am I scared? Sure. But I do this because I love it. — Cat Zingano

Sometimes you start a little further back from the starting line. And you're going to have to work a little bit harder, and push it faster to get to the finish. I'm willing to put in the work, to compensate for other things, to get ahead, to get to where I want to be. — Nick Newell

Through adversity we find our better self. — Michelle Waterson

Mma Ramotswe reflected on how easy it was to find oneself committed to a course of action simply because one lacked the courage to say no. — Alexander McCall Smith

I do my talking inside the Octagon. — Benson Henderson

If you have a clear picture in your head of something that's going to happen ... then nothing can stop it. — Conor McGregor

I think we have tremendous media covering the sport of boxing, even if boxing is a little bit lost in popularity with MMA sports. And I think that with the show 'Lights Out' it's going to get more attention to the sport, and it's going to put more attention to the problems that athletes in general have. — Wladimir Klitschko

To keep on battling and overcome the obstacles is what makes a true fighter. — Mauricio Rua

I love the French and Italian church paintings from the Middle Ages. But I'm also interested to learn more about who was the first to make the leap from religious art to secular. That couldn't have been a small feat. Who was brave enough to say, You know what? Enough of Jesus. I'mma paint me this here bowl of fruit and then I'mma paint my girlfriend ... naked! — Jen Lancaster

I will continue dedicating myself to MMA in 2015, but fighting in the ADCC interests me, yes.. The Jiu-Jitsu Worlds does not interest me, I see fighters with a different goal from mine. They want to hold your sleeve, grab you and wait for time to pass. They just want to stall the game. I do not see this as a real fight, I see only as a strategy to win. For me, Jiu-Jitsu is much more than that. — Kron Gracie

Innovation keeps me ahead of my competition. It means that my foes must adapt to me, not the other way around. — Georges St-Pierre

If you don't give up, eventually you will break the cycle and you will overcome any obstacle. — Lyoto Machida

Can't be touched, Can't be stopped, Can't be moved, Can't be rocked, Can't be shook. — Roy Jones Jr.

I'm looking forward, that's all, I'm not looking backwards. — Robbie Lawler

(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

I was diagnosed with paranoia for fear of never smoking weed again. — Eddie Bravo

The warrior guided by the spirit serves humanity, the warrior without, serves the ego — Soke Behzad Ahmadi

We are born to talk to other people, ... we are born to be sociable and to sit together with others in the shade of the acacia tree and talk about things that happened the day before. We were not born to sit in kitchens by ourselves, with nobody to chat to. Mma Ramotswe — Alexander McCall Smith

Winning is very important to me, but at the end of the day, even if I lose, as long as I know I gave it everything I had, there's no shame in that. — Nick Newell

Someone else's success does not equal a failure for you. — Joe Rogan

I have never encountered a winner that held hate towards something. — Conor McGregor

Never challenge anyone crazier than you. Crazy trumps skill every damn time. — Charity Parkerson

I'm nervous ... but I'm not going to fear what I'm about to do, I'm going to take it head on and I'm going to conquer it. — Rory MacDonald

There's a Celtic saying, "Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose." — Conor McGregor

Set your sails now but the ocean is very rough and treacherous ... if you keep going you will get there. — Jesse Taylor

You really can't worry about stuff you can't control ... You need to focus on getting where you need to be and not worry about what could have been and what should have been. — Robbie Lawler

Morality is for everybody, and this means that the views of more than one person are needed to create it. That was what made the modern morality, with its emphasis on individuals and the working out of an individual position, so weak. If you gave people the chance to work out their morality, then they would work out the version which was easiest for them and which allowed them to do what suited them for as much of the time as possible. That, in Mma Ramotswe's view, was simple selfishness, whatever grand name one gave to it. — Alexander McCall Smith

You're nervous because you're afraid of the outcome. Accept the worst outcome ... You'll be free & fight like you're able to. — Randy Couture

Nobody is born a winner, but anyone can develop the way of thought that guides you to the right direction. — Gunnar Nelson

Pardon me, not to sound elitist, but I wanted to put something together that I would enjoy. I thought at that time, what satiated me, what interested me, what intrigued me, I thought other people would like also. And you blend that with some forward thinking of predicting the UFC and MMA were going to be ultimately as big as it became. — Bill Goldberg

My one fear is failure and that's one fear I have to face all the time. Yes, it's uncomfortable to be scared but I'm finally comfortable being uncomfortable. — Ronda Rousey

You can't deny somebody that's a hard worker. You can't deny somebody that just digs down as deep as they can. — Travis Browne

The journey has to be based on passion. Put yourself in something you love to do. If you love what you do you're able to dedicate yourself, overcome obstacles. — Rickson Gracie

I always ask myself, "Did I get one percent better today?" — Benson Henderson

If you truly believe in yourself and your skills, most times, it's enough. — Daniel Cormier

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

I've done some things that I shouldn't have done but I know I'm not a bad person, and I know that I can become a better person ... Only thing I can do is work at it. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Mma Ramotswe found it difficult to imagine what it would be like to have no people. There were, she knew, those who had no others in this life, who had no uncles, or aunts, or distant cousins of any degree; people who were just themselves. Many white people were like that, for some unfathomable reason; they did not seem to want to have people and were happy to be just themselves. How lonely they must be
like spacemen deep in space, floating in darkness, but without even that silver, unfurling cord that linked the astronauts to their little metal womb of oxygen and warmth. For a moment, she indulged the metaphor, and imagined the tiny white van in space, slowly spinning against a background of stars and she, Mma Ramotswe, of the No. 1 Ladies' Space Agency, floating weightless, head over heels, tied to the tiny white van with a thin washing line. — Alexander McCall Smith

Set your goal and keep moving forward. — Georges St-Pierre

Small choices add up and each positive choice you make increases confidence and dispels fear. — Urijah Faber

If you go to any fight, whether MMA or boxing, there's a whole musical soundscape to these events. There's pre-event pump up/psych-up music, there's fighter introductions, there's between rounds, so my musical needs are really diverse. — Shawn Anthony Levy

You're in a fight and have to dig down ... I find peace in that and enjoy it. — Dustin Poirier

I don't need to do all the trash talking. I try to do it with my fists, my knees, and my feet. — Robbie Lawler

I'm very comfortable in the storm. — Kron Gracie

I want to make sure that everything that I'm creating, I'm creating it so other people get enjoyment out of it. And that's the reward that you get for that. — Joe Rogan

Losing is inevitable, make sure you have the tools in your toolbox to deal with it. — Rich Franklin

I'm really surprised how many people knew me as Gina Carano. MMA has a beautiful fan base. — Gina Carano

To me, life is memories and experiences. — Renzo Gracie

If the risk is high, the reward is high ... Why not roll the dice? — Tyron Woodley

You have to walk and believe that you can find the light. — Lyoto Machida

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

My whole philosophy is working smarter and not harder. And making sure I'm using little effort and getting a huge effect. — Anthony Pettis

I'm not scared to lose, I'm not scared to get knocked out. I'm scared of not going for it. — Gilbert Melendez

Focus on the positives is what I teach my kids. The rest takes care of itself. — Dan Henderson

I'm more into MMA than any other sport. I watch a lot of the UFC fights. I have since it first came onto the scene. — Jason Statham

I wasn't always the most fashionable, and I would come to school with cauliflower ear and ringworm. I got made fun of a lot. People called me 'Miss Man' and 'Guns,' and people directed a lot of karate jokes at me. I wish that I was at school now that MMA and martial arts is cool, but back when I was in school, people associated it with nerdy stuff. — Ronda Rousey

I welcome challenges. I like challenges. It gives me a reason to keep going. — Rose Namajunas

It's not always the strong that survive. It takes brains, guts, tolerance and forward thinking. — Georges St-Pierre

The sky is the limit when you work hard. — Chris Weidman

Mma Makutsi was unconvinced. "Where there is smoke there's fire, Mma. I have always said that." Mma Ramotswe could not let that pass. "But what does Clovis Andersen say in The Principles of Private Detection, Mma? Does he not say that you must be very careful to decide where the smoke is coming from? Smoke can drift, Mma. Those were his exact words, I think. — Alexander McCall Smith

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. — Georges St-Pierre

The more dangerous the situation I put myself into, the more I rise, the better I become. — Eddie Alvarez

There are two things that you have to do in life: You have to die, and you have to live until you die. The rest is up to you. — Urijah Faber

Lightning always strikes in the same place twice," said Mma Ramotswe. "Whatever people say to the contrary. — Alexander McCall Smith

We are like artists by nature, constantly we're trying to add beauty to movements. — Renzo Gracie

Training, a lot of the time, is just uncomfortable. But discipline is all about doing the thing that's uncomfortable. — Frank Shamrock

The purpose is to become the best writer in my category (yes, page for page and pound for pound). — Georges St-Pierre

I love it. It's something I can do that makes everything else disappear. — Gina Carano

Using your imagination to create mental images stimulates your mind, helps organize your life and keeps your focus in a particular direction. It allows your unconscious mind to work toward the image you have created, the goal. It's about understand the life you want to live, and seeing it unfold before you. — Georges St-Pierre

Don't focus on the wins and losses ... focus your efforts on performing to your full potential. — Michael Chandler

To be the best you have to work overtime. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.

If you are the best, you must go that extra mile. — Conor McGregor

Losing sucks but I look at more what I gained as an individual, as an athlete..sometimes in losing you learn a lot. — Uriah Hall

Each increment of knowledge imparted in this way is so satisfying-and one's ignorance at every stage so consequential-that the process of learning BJJ can become remarkably addictive. I have never experienced anything quite like it. — Sam Harris

I think it's important to be an absolute believer and have that confidence. — Jon Jones

I try to keep a positive attitude about everything. — Chris Weidman

Mma Ramotswe tucked the cheque safely away in her bodice. Modern business methods were all very well, she thought, but when it came to the safeguarding of money there were some places which had yet to be bettered. — Alexander McCall Smith

Make peace with the fear of defeat ... Fear holds you back from putting forth your best performance. — Brian Stann

I'm definitely on the pursuit of perfection ... I will always be learning. — Conor McGregor

Money can't buy happiness but it's more comfortable to cry in a Bugatti than on a bicycle. — Miguel Torres

There's 3 types of people in this world: there's talkers, there's watchers, and there's doers. — Jeremy Stephens

Just believe, it will happen. — Tito Ortiz

One of the important lessons I learned from my parents is always to respect authority figures like teachers. — Georges St-Pierre

From the beginning of your career until the end, you have people telling you, you can't do something or you're only going to get so far. That either drives you to be become the best or it stops you at the stipulations that other people have for you. — Dominick Cruz

I keep having vivid dreams of success. Then it's time to sleep. — Conor McGregor

It's not the man who pushes himself the hardest ... it's the man who pushes himself the hardest after it gets painful. — Michael Chandler

Choose To Be Inspired. — Joe Rogan

You can't change your attitude because you're the champion. I've always kept my feet on the ground and never wanted to change. — Renan Barao

I don't care if people boo me or talk trash to me. I can't understand what they're saying anyways. — Jose Aldo

I'm too competitive to get that big of a head. — T.J. Dillashaw

Even though I had a rough life I always had my mind on bigger and better things. — Floyd Mayweather Jr.