Jesse Itzler Quotes

So how do you make it as a mainstream entertainer? Who knows? But I think you have to be uncomfortable, right? You have to make yourself uncomfortable. All success stories depend on that. That's why I might start sleeping on hardwood floors and taking cold showers.

My focus is my preparation, my good condition, and every time, I go forward and forward, and nothing can stop me.

I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.

I like to take up something that is challenging. I like to stretch myself.

I am not stopped by low funds, physical exhaustion, mental exhaustion, or temptations to stop and work on some other production that would be more financially rewarding.

The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

I respect my limitations, but I don't use them as an excuse.

Games are not so bad because the adrenalin keeps you going, but training on a daily basis when every time you move it hurts, that is a real battle.

A lot of my life is about will - having the will to prove what my body can do.

I'm excited by challenging myself physically and mentally every day.

I had to get up run in the morning for 2 hours, go to the gym and also get good opponents as sparring partners because I'm a big believer in that how you train is how you will fight at least when it came to me that's how it worked.

I know that I'm going to have to work hard, keep working hard, and not because of this victory think, 'I'm back.' I don't think like that. I'll definitely work hard. Things are not going to be easy. I might lose first round next week. You never know.

Anything negative that comes at me throughout the week, you just take it and put it in that box over there for motivation and use it on Sunday.

Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It's something that you live every single day of your life. When I was growing up, I was a lazy kid. I was a lazy kid, and everybody goes, 'How did you get to where you're at today? How did you get to where you're running 200 miles at one time in 39 hours? Being so disciplined?'

The will to challenge myself is strong, but I think that's growing, the desire to stretch myself and make it hard.

I actually love pressure.

I struggle with my training sometimes. The thing I look at is if you keep getting up and moving forward, you'll be successful. That's the way I've lived my life. I'm not going to stop doing something because somebody says it's time. I'm going to stop it when my body says it's over or the fans say, 'we're done watching you.'

I train hard every day, I don't know what the word 'impossible' means.

I'm a strong person, and when I am not in the team, I can motivate myself to keep focused and be prepared for when I get called on.

I don't think about my losses. I only think about winning my next fight and preparing for my next fight.

I don't like whining about the challenges I face while I work. I know they are for the better so I can rise stronger and better.

If you want to be the best, you can't take the path of least resistance. Every morning, you wake up, and your mind tells you it's too early, and your body tells you you're a little too sore, but you've got to look deep within yourself and know what you want and what you're striving for.

You have your best workouts when you go in thinking you don't want to do it, because you're so satisfied with your own determination and grit.

I like everything that challenges me.

You have to be able to shut out everything else, all the distractions and criticism. There's a lot of work that went on off the pitch, a lot of conversations, to make that happen.