Sage Northcutt Quotes

When you fight in the UFC and train with the guys that I train with, you learn that there is always still a lot of work to do.

When I learn martial arts, my master will have me try a punch for a week and he will keep saying, 'No, you don't have it. No, that's not right.' When he finally says, 'Yes, you did it,' it's a wonderful moment. You worked on it. You got it.

I always loved the idea of learning martial arts, but it wasn't until I was in my 20s that I really started doing it and taking up karate.

Martial arts was really the first thing in my life that I followed through on and accomplished a degree of proficiency for.

With Carlson Gracie, who saw something in me, I started learning and loved mixing together the martial arts.

I did martial arts and karate for eight years when I was growing up.

The more you practice and study, the better you are... so I still practice and study all the time.

Ali was a guy that had a lot of discipline. If you hung around him, you'd be able to get some of that discipline that he had. And I learned from that. He was a sweet man.

I think the most important is when I was young, I learnt martial arts; that is my special key.

Martial arts is a life journey. One of the things my teacher taught me a long time ago was that everyone's path to the mastery of a certain system is different. Some people's path is a very direct route, where others might wind back and forth if you are injured or something.

Training in taekwondo for eight years and then being able to do it in a film was pretty amazing.

The whole reason I did a bodybuilding show was to see how far I could push my own discipline. It was the hardest thing I've ever done. When I made the switch to acting, I was able to break that down into small, measurable goals like I did with bodybuilding.

I don't think I'm in any position to call myself a martial artist. I'm a student of the martial arts.

I would be nowhere without martial arts. It's a passion.

I'm just looking to learn, grow, stay focused, and become a better fighter and a better athlete.

I wanted to study to be a petroleum engineer and get my engineering degree and fight in the UFC at the same time. But unfortunately, to be the best I can be at the UFC, I needed all focus to be there, and more focus, also.

The way I train, the way I spar, I'm out of my comfort zone every single day, and you can see the result in my fights.

Basketball has given me so many opportunities, and it's something that's opened the world to me and allowed me to travel really all over the world.

It is important for me to remember that time learning anything substantial, even if it's not my favourite topic, is time well used.

I like to fight on the ground. I'm learning every day. I think I'm good.

I'm invested in the UFC, but I'm invested in myself at the same time, showing everyone that I am one of the greatest.

I was at a basketball camp when I was a kid and the lecturer used basketball spinning to teach us a lesson on never being satisfied with what you've accomplished. The lecturer talked about how the game of basketball was about learning to control the ball through dribbling and passing and shooting.

I went through a training camp; I worked extremely hard. I prepared for UFC 200. This was the big one. This one meant everything to me.

I am who I am today because of a lot of the things I've learned in gymnastics.

I try to understand the sport more and more as I develop, and I try to be a better fighter overall and work on everything, not just every aspect, I try to combine it too. I work on it every day, and I try to be a better fighter in every practice.