Gina Carano Quotes

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

Self-respect leads to self-discipline.

I'm in control of what I'm doing physically and mentally. I feel good. I've always felt confident and comfortable going into seasons, but each year I feel like I'm getting better and better.

I guess more players lick themselves that are ever licked by an opposing team. The first thing any man has to know is how to handle himself.

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.

By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.

Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character.

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.

You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.

Kids will come into my boxing gym with no discipline, and then you teach them how to focus and love what they're doing, which then travels outside into their home and work life.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

I think I have a good head on my shoulders.

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

I can only do my thing and do the best that I can.

I'm highly critical of myself. There's not something someone else might say that makes me feel I need to be motivated in a different way. I'm a self-motivated guy.

I focus on myself, and I train for myself.

I don't know how I have got this habit, but I try to play one match and give it my best - it doesn't matter which level of cricket I am playing in. It gives me satisfaction that I am not thinking about others, not competing with others.

My self-belief has always been there but it is about managing it the right way.

When you're actually boxing, unless it's a proper grudge match, it's less about beating the person up and more about being better within yourself. Being patient, timing things, like chess, so really, it's as much down to you as what the other person does - and that's life.

'Metals' has partly been about me regaining my self respect and I feel like I'm growing the muscles I want to grow again.

I do believe in self-help.

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.

I've always been strong-minded, but I wonder.

When you don't have people in your life pushing you, can you push yourself?