Cain Velasquez Quotes

I feel like I haven't done the best in environments that aren't conducive to me doing well, and I have to do that. Because times are going to get tough, and I'm going to have to let things slide off my back.

I never let myself get desperate.

I'm very focused on what I do professionally, and I'm very focused on my family, and I don't really get too stressed out about what people say or what other people think. In fact, it's not on my radar at all. If there's anything negative, I don't want to know about it. I just do my own thing and get on with my life.

I can control what I can control. I just focus on me, and that's it.

I can't worry about external factors, I have to focus on myself.

I'm just trying to stay within myself every day and keep going.

Your highs can't be too high, and your lows can't be too low, because you have to pick back up and move on.

My mom raised me to never have anything control me.

We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.

Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.

Curiosity, rationalization, and laziness are no match against courage, self-control, and mental toughness.

I don't lack confidence. I don't sweat. I don't want to get too Zen on you, but I have to run my own race.

The only one who can beat me is me.

You are the master of your own ship, pal. There are lots of people who fall into troubled waters and don't have the guts or the knowledge or the ability to make it to shore. They have nobody to blame but themselves.

When you come from so many damaged places you don't ever want to spiral back there, so you gotta continue to check yourself.

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

I briefly did therapy, but after a while, I realised it is just like a farmer complaining about the weather. You can't fix the weather - you just have to get on with it.

Learn to expect less from life and more from yourself. Accept the changes that life throws at you. Remember, your destiny is pretty much in your hands. So, as your mom may have told you, keep them clean.

Long ago, I made up my mind that when things were said involving only me, I would pay no attention to them, except when valid criticism was carried by which I could profit.

I've always been pretty independent, no matter what situation: good, bad, ugly, happy, sad. I dig deep, and I get over it.

Luke Cage isn't going to throw a pity party for himself. He literally says to himself, 'This is the world I'm in. These are the circumstances I have.' He's a self-made man. He's trying to continuously build, and that's what's interesting about him. He's a work in progress.

I have learned that I really do have discipline, self-control, and patience. But they were given to me as a seed, and it's up to me to choose to develop them.

The great thing about chess is it's a game for oneself. You don't work on what you can't control, you just work on yourself. And I think if more people did that, we'd all be a lot better off.

I'm quite a strong person, and I've become even stronger.

I train as smart as I can. I'm not concerned what others think. I do what works for me.