Stipe Miocic Quotes

I have MMA strengths, but I need to build on my weaknesses.

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.

My life is training.

I've been able to mature and improve my mixed martial arts game completely; I just never stop learning, and whenever I think I know enough, I just keep working and do more.

Being a dancer or athlete of any type teaches you the fundamentals of discipline... and the ability to know you can grow.

I wasn't a person who hated working. When I was working and training, I loved it. I loved that I had to work that hard. I think it transformed into the gym and then transformed into the octagon. It was a good thing.

I practice very hard. I take care of myself, and I'm young.

Of course I have to work harder because I have my limitations, and I have to prepare better and in a different way my body and mental strength, but that is part of my life.

Strength training is a fantastic microcosm for a man's life: pushing yourself through discomfort, every single day, is the only way to make measurable progress. It's one of the few ways to grow as a man.

Wrestling pushes me, makes me accountable. It makes me who I am. I never felt I was just a normal person. Then I felt too normal, lazy, sedentary.

I love to fight. I love the preparation. I love to learn new things, always overcoming myself.

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 decide to score, I score. I know I am strong, but I believe it is not enough yet. I can kick fine, dribble very well, but I still have to improve.

I love the idea of going to work and having to fight and learn a new skill set, whether it's muay Thai or Kali or Filipino stick fighting. To me, it's like college for life.

I'm a martial artist, and I don't train because I have a fight; I train because it's my lifestyle, and I'll train every day if I'm not hurt.

He who stops being better stops being good.

Practise things you're good at. Keep on top of things you're not so good at, but be world-class at your best. Never think, 'I'm very good at this and that, I can leave those for a bit.'

I hit a ball for a living, but I have that passion to keep learning.

I kind of lived by the code of 'I'm going to be a hard-working guy.' And no matter how successful, there is something I can do better. That's kind of the drive I live on.

The best that an individual can do is to concentrate on what he or she can do, in the course of a burning effort to do it better.

Throughout your life advance daily, becoming more skillful than yesterday, more skillful than today. This is never-ending.

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

The only way to get to be the team you want to be is to get better every day.

You've got to get better every single year, it doesn't matter.

All my skill sets have grown; my experience in the Octagon has grown. I honestly just think I'm getting better with every fight.