Lyoto Machida Quotes

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes but few calculations beforehand.

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

To be prepared is half the victory.

There are always a couple of ways you envision fights going; you always envision a win and a great finish.

If you stay ready, you don't have to get ready.

I stay ready so I don't have to get ready.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.

The majority of my work is about preparation.

He who is well prepared has won the battle.

It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.

No battle can be won in the study...

You can scout people as much as you want. At the end of the day, it's a fight, so you got to be ready for almost anything.

I'm trying to see what way I could lead so when the opportunity comes, it won't just hit me in the face.

You just need a good plan and then a back-up plan!

Preparation is key.

You can have the perfect plan through the first punch but then you have to take the fight second by second.

Preparation starts after the game before.

The preparation is what allows the success to happen naturally.

My mother would say, 'Stay ready so you don't have to get ready.' I spent a lot of my early years preparing for beautiful moments that have unfolded in my life so far.

There's not a single strike that good preparation can't negate.