Dustin Poirier Quotes

Fighting isn't an ordinary career, so you have to allow your body time to recover in between training sessions.

Wrestling school was probably one of the hardest things I've ever done. It just killed me.

I stretch for a full hour before a fight because I know I'm going to take a lot of punishment in the ring. That's my secret.

It's all about training smart.

To be a top-class athlete, you have to train hard, you have to eat right, you have to get enough rest. I feel the way golf is going nowadays, you have to treat yourself as an athlete.

Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.

I'd always told people that I would have liked to pursue some sort of professional fight career. I don't know if I'm quite right for it, since I'm extremely prone to injury. I've been boxing for a couple years, and I've messed around with some Jiu-Jitsu, and I've always felt that there's such a passion in a real fighter's heart.

Any athlete will tell you that it's the most difficult thing in the world being injured.

Just pushing myself for more rounds at a higher pace in training. Your focus should be grounded in what you do, and that's fighting. I'm getting my cardio that way.

They say 'you've over trained, you've left it in the gym' is the most common phrase used in boxing but my god it is the truest.

You're just taking punishment every day, getting hit all the time. That's something we're going to cut back on. I'll train hard but the sparring will be cut in half.

One of the scariest things for any athlete, I think, is pretty much the off season.

If it felt good, you didn't push hard enough. It's supposed to hurt like hell.

Boxing, mixed martial arts and tennis are the hardest sports to train for.

A doable goal for me is to finish a marathon under four hours. I'm doing all the training, but the hardest part is eating right.

I never really liked weightlifting because there is no problem solving, whereas when I am fighting, I am trying to solve a problem, so I don't think about being tired. I box, wrestle, do jujitsu, run up sand dunes; every single day is something different so that I am mentally engaged. That's what makes me want to train longer.

There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.

Beside the brand-ambassador elements of the modern racing driver, the evolution of the athlete has mandated that as drivers, we are very committed to fitness.

I just think overall a lot of it has to do with conditioning and players putting in the time and the effort in the off-season to keep themselves in condition for 12 months a year.

I've completed the first part of my preparations without injury problems. My speed is good and I'm doing lots of volume for strength.

When I was playing I felt tired all the time. My recovery period was a lot longer than the other players. They'd be ok after an hour - I'd have to stay in bed till the next session.

Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure.

The brighter the fire in your belly to achieve something special, the more hurts you'll have.

If you have injuries, it's tough.

Sometimes it's hard. I'm not going to lie. It's tough. You feel like you're killing yourself, and you're giving it all you've got, and you're just not seeing it.