Junior dos Santos Quotes

I don't usually set personal goals.

Unfortunately, I don't train enough on an everyday basis to be a black belt, but if I put my mind to it I think I could definitely move very quickly in that world.

I'm going to take it step by step to get my belt.

I just keep my eyes open and focus on the things I'm not good at and what makes other people better than me - technique and things outside the Octagon.

I've been working on my ground game, my jiu jitsu, and my standup as well. Those are areas where I feel like really needs to be cleaned up and areas I know that I can get better.

Each time I'm training and sparring, I'm always pushing myself to submit my training partners.

If I was really trying to be the best fighter in the world, I would be in the best shape and taking it more serious but I'm not.

Having a belt is cool, but I'm trying to do more in the sport.

The reason so many individuals fail to achieve their goals in life is that they never really set them in the first place

It's not about 'what can I accomplish?' but 'what do I want to accomplish?' Paradigm shift.

Learn how to set goals. That's the key to everything. That includes designing your own success. You define what the goal is, it's not somebody else's goal, it's yours.

There are many things I want, and the only way I will get them is to keep my head down, listen to the right people and work hard

I always set myself new goals. I always want to do better than I did in the past. I always want to achieve things I never achieved before.

Decide what it is you want, write it down, review it constantly, and each day do something that moves you toward those goals.

Start with a picture of your goal as already achieved in the future, and work back to the present. Imagine the steps that you would have taken to get from where you are now to where you want to be.

I have a second-degree black belt in Okinawan kobudo weapons training.

Everybody wants to have a goal - I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that goal, I gotta get to that goal. I can finally get to that goal. Then you get to that goal, and then you gotta get to another goal. But in between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed - and if you don't, you're a fool.

Success is the continuing achievement of becoming the person God wants you to be and accomplishing the goals God has helped you set.

The thing that I learned early on is you really need to set goals in your life, both short-term and long-term, just like you do in business. Having that long-term goal will enable you to have a plan on how to achieve it. We apply these skills in business, yet when it comes to ourselves, we rarely apply them.

I do have big ambitions, but I think we all do. I just want to keep working hard and being happy.

Goal setting is fine if you want to be the warrior archetype.

Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people.

A dream is what you would like your life to become. A goal is what you are truly willing to do to achieve what you really want.

It was never a goal of mine to become famous. So, I never projected any goals associated with that. But I did have a bunch of goals I wanted to achieve when I was financially able to do so, but they had nothing to do with fame. When I set goals, they're more tangible than becoming famous. You don't build a company or a foundation for fame.

If you do not have goals of your own you are doomed forever to work to achieve the goals of someone else.