Epictetus Quotes

Every race is like training and preparation.

Truthfully, what we do in training is 10 times harder than what we ever have to do in a competition.

If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

I was always really strict on myself about doing everything possible to prepare for competition.

Sweat saves blood.

I go out there and train as hard as anybody else.

I understand what training camp is for. It's needed. It's necessary, so it's just one of those things that you have to put yourself through and it makes you better. It gets you in good shape, so it's necessary.

It's like a prize fighter. He knows he has a fight coming up, so he gets in the gym and trains. So when I have a show coming up, I practice yodeling.

I don't know how many times I've went to bed at five, six o'clock in the morning and woke up at 10, running four miles because I wanted to beat GSP that bad.

You stay sharp. You go back into the gym. You work, put that work in, get that conditioning up, you lift. You pretty much know as a pro athlete what you need to do to get yourself back. But none of that, for me, means as much as playing.

It's the training that's the hardest. It's the preparation. The months and months of preparation that nobody really sees, that's the hardest part.

Every fight is won in the gym. The hard part of our job is getting in the gym every day, six days a week.

I'm always in trouble.

My practices were not set up to be easy or enjoyed.

Boxing is a place where, if you haven't done the training, that's going to be exposed very quickly.

First and foremost, I am concentrating on staying fit. If I'm fit, I can challenge. If I ain't fit, I can't challenge.

You do your best with the realization that nothing gets you in ring-shape better than being in the ring.

Whenever you're training and warming up for the fights, you have your friends around you, you have friends that will compete and we push each other.

I'm always prepared for five, six rounds. I train hard. Sometimes it's over quickly, but you have to be prepared for every round, always respecting your opponent.

Football is hard to have success. It is tough to do your job.

I am an athlete in every sense of the word. Athlete, martial artist.

When you want to be a fighter, you have to give it everything you got. MMA just became who I am because of the amount of work I was putting into my training. It all starts in the gym. The hours turn into days, days into weeks, and weeks into months; it's like school - the more time you spend learning, the better you'll be prepared for a test.

To be a player is so difficult.

I enjoy playing. I enjoy training. I enjoy thinking about it, I enjoy talking about it.