Tyron Woodley Quotes

I'm interested in that thing that happens where there's a breaking point for some people and not for others. You go through such hardship, things that are almost impossibly difficult, and there's no sign that it's going to get any better, and that's the point when people quit. But some don't.

It's not who's the best - it's who can take the most pain.

Everybody gets a bit tired now and then but that's what being a world champion is all about. You just deal with it.

We all survive more than we think we can.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

I'd go at anyone. I took all of my brothers' bull. It made me who I am.

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.

I guess once you've seen Uma Thurman beaten up endlessly in the 'Kill Bill' movies, you think, 'If Uma can take it, what's the matter with me?'

I assess the power of a will by how much resistance, pain, torture it endures and knows how to turn to its advantage.

The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.

When there's somebody racing side-by-side, when somebody's right next to me and they're pushing and we're both tired, we're both fatigued, I want to be able to beat them mentally.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.

You can't cry when things get a little bit hard. You've just got to push through and know that there's a reason and end to the means.

You don't have to be a scared person. I've had so many tragedies. I've managed to withstand things that you may think you cannot tolerate. But I have the strength.

When you go against the best... a lot of series are won on fear factor or the non-belief. When you have that non-belief, then you have no chance.

You don't have to drink or swear or hit people in the face when they're not looking, but you do have to be tough to win.

As a decathlete, you take pride in saying, 'The elements, I'm not going to let them affect me. It's just the 11th event. Another thing you have to fight through.'

The manager is always on at us about mental strength anyway. He just comes in and stresses how important it is to be strong mentally, to succeed you've got to go through pain both mentally and physically.

The mental focus it takes to compete against the best players in the world is not easy to maintain. Developing mental toughness is a learned trait, and if you can't develop it in your pursuit of success, you likely won't last in any competitive line of work for more than a cup of coffee.

I love going to the ring hurt or sick or tired and trying to figure out how to win anyway.

It's the essence of sport to be able to swallow tough things up.

Part of my gift as a fighter is being a human punching bag.

Every game is mentally and physically tough but we get through it and it makes you stronger.

Tennis is a tough sport - a long year, a lot of matches, a lot of travelling. It's not easy so being mentally tough is a big attribute. It doesn't come easy, you have to work on it.

You're not going to win mental warfare with me. I am one of the mentally toughest guys, if not the mentally toughest guy in the UFC.