Joseph Gatt Quotes

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.

When you've something to fight for, you get the best out of yourself.

I'm stronger than I think I am. Mentally, physically.

When I'm boxing, if my career isn't going well, at least I feel mentally and physically strong.

In high school, in sport, I had a coach who told me I was much better than I thought I was, and would make me do more in a positive sense. He was the first person who taught me not to be afraid of failure.

You can always be stronger.

I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.

I love challenging myself; it's what keeps me going.

At the end of the day, you can be physically strong, you can have all the tools out there, but if your mental state isn't good enough, you can't bring yourself to bigger and better things.

Believe in yourself. Push to your highest limit.

I try to push myself a little every day. For me, it's doing 10 more seconds of whatever I'm working on. So if I'm on the treadmill sprinting my butt off or doing a grueling core workout, I think to myself, 'You can do 10 more seconds, and you'll be that much mentally stronger.' After a while, those 10 seconds add up!

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.

I'm going for the big moments - I want the big moments. I just tell myself, 'Remember the work you did, the things you went through. And keep going.'

At the end of the day, you can only fight from yourself. It is only you out there on that mat - but it sure helps knowing you have a great team of supporters cheering for you!

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

I never prepare according to how I feel for a fight. I always prepare to be a better me.

What I'm learning about myself is, no matter what the challenge is, I can overcome it.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high, look it quarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.

I don't know if I'm the best of the best. But I did know that if I quit, I wouldn't be.

If you focus on the obstacles, then you give them more power. Instead focus on your purpose, on your most authentic and fundamental intentions.

I never think that there's something I can't do, whether it's beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right.

I look at what I have as a challenge and I could list a whole bunch of different challenges. And I choose not to be daunted by any of them.

You can't lose confidence in yourself, or you've lost already. When you get knocked down, you've got to keep getting back up.