Royce Gracie Quotes

I train really hard for each and every fight. I never take anyone lightly.

A runner doesn't just show up and win a race. He trains long and hard. Do you just show up every day and hope to win?

Everyone wants to win on Saturday afternoon when the game is played. It’s what you do the other six days that decides the outcome

The most interesting thing about this sport, at least to me, it the activity of preparation-any aspect of preparation for the games. The thrill isn't in the winning, it's in the doing.

Just like any other game we're taking on we've got to prepare, prepare hard, mentally, physically. We've been practicing hard.

I've never run into a guy who could win at the top level in anything today and didn't have the right attitude, didn't give it everything he had, at least while he was doing it; wasn't prepared and didn't have the whole program worked out.

My trainer Jimmy Tibbs and my promoter Frank Warren told me that I had to be patient and get the jab going.

I practice every day. I've been doing it since I was eight.

Sport doesn't work on knee-jerk reactions.

During the offseason, I didn't take any time off. And I played this game for over 20 years. So right after the season, I would go right back into my regimen.

I just line up, and I compete.

You have an obligation as a player - as an athlete at any level - and it doesn't matter what sport it is. When you sign on, you sign on. You prepare that week to go win. I don't care about your schedule, or how many people got hurt - it doesn't matter. You owe it to the people in the building and guys in the huddle to prepare yourself to win.

I practice so hard, Sundays are easy.

I respect all my opponents and they do the same thing that I do to get ready for fights.

I train and prepare for every contest the same so I can compete to the best of my abilities.

I live every training session to the fullest as if it were a final.

Once I'm in training camp, there's no beer, there's no soda, there's no bad food. There's no anything. It's eat, sleep and breathe training.

I come from the school of thought that if you want to succeed and stay successful, you've got to put in the hard work at the beginning.

The fight takes 15 minutes. The build-up takes 90 days. It takes that for a reason.

Players want to get better with their skill set and 3-point shooting, ballhandling, their bodies, whatever it is, but everything starts with a sense of urgency.

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.

You win football games by first getting possession and then running 3- and 5-yard plays. Not by Hail Mary passes. Common sense, elbow grease, and keeping a positive attitude.

Practice don't win games.

Once I go into these fights, and we have to go through the ringer to prepare for them, and we know I'm not 100 percent going in, winning is the most important thing, and dominating is the most important thing, and that's what we've been doing.

I believe you win games by what you do from your first practice until your first game