Garry Shandling Quotes

Some of my fights in PRIDE, I felt tired. I would train on the punching bag and feel great but then get tired in my fights.

It was a good experience for me to be in the same camp as Minto when he was preparing for Shane Cameron, to see the weaknesses and strengths he brings.

Boxing is not a bodybuilding sport, plain and simple. Your body isn't going to win a fight.

It took me a lot to learn to control adrenaline; and other sports you use adrenaline to your advantage.

You do have to fight different when you might have to fight three times in one night. I really like fighting just one time a night, this lets you do more things.

When you train outside of camp, it's fun, I'm playing around, I'm working hard but I'm having fun. When I get into that camp it's 10 weeks of tunnel vision on that opponent, you're trying to work on your strengths and weaknesses, really trying to get better in different areas before the fight.

There's nothing like boxing for getting you in shape.

In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.

I knew boxing before I knew anything else.

There's not as much oxygen in that hot gym and I think it's great for conditioning. I believe in a lot of boxing. You can train and work on the speed bag and heavy bag, but when you get in the ring with another fighter, it's a different story. Punches are coming at you, there's physical contact, muscle against muscle.

It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You have to be skilled enough and have trained hard enough to know how many different ways you can counterattack in any situation, at any moment.

I've always boxed, I always taught boxing.

When I was competing, I trained between three and six hours a day, seven days a week.

You can't really be one-dimensional in this fight game. If you are, you're going to get knocked out or you're going to get finished. Either that, or you're just going to take a lot of damage and you're just not going to be able to last very long.

I've really taken a lot of time to work on my Karate, worked on my kickboxing, and Muay Thai.

I've competitively boxed. It's definitely Plan B for me, but I know how to box.

I have experience of boxing. I know what it is like to be hit. Half my life is boxing. I start fighting when I am 16.

The day I step in the cage with Cyborg, I will be 100% prepared.

When I'm in the gym, different training partners tell me that I've got great conditioning, and I tell them, 'Really? Because, I'm dying here.' I think that I'm just as tired as anyone; I just push myself mentally.

In general, I think longer fights benefits jiu-jitsu fighters because the other guy can make mistakes.

I really work on my defense a lot; that's what makes me a good fighter.

When I prepare for a fight, I never expect it to be easy. I believe that that would create a chance for me to not give my best in the Octagon.

Fighting comes down to who you are as a person. With B.J. Penn, he has no problems, not a hard upbringing and came up with money or whatever and he's just a fighter, he enjoys the fight and he refined his skills so I don't think it necessarily has to be a rough upbringing for guys to be great fighters.

Pro wrestling has absolutely helped my fighting.

I know what I'm worth, and I know boxing.