Michael Chiesa Quotes

The Finals are about a test of wills.

Fighting, especially at this level, is about getting through adversity. You position yourself mentally to go out and take on obstacles that stand in your way. In the Octagon and in life, you face tough situations and have every chance to quit, but the more adversity you push through, the more likely you are to be successful.

People in football love to talk about mental strength. Well, I'm the strongest dude you're ever going to meet.

I can always fight the best in the world.

I dominate, and I break guys' wills. When they come to fight me, they know they're going to be in for a fight, and it's going to be a test of wills.

I want to fight the best to know in my head I am the best. If I get beat, I'll take it like a man. I'm ready and waiting.

When I step in the ring, I bring everything I have.

I have the strength to endure it all.

Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will, and the fort of reason.

People are often afraid for me. They think that I am going to break. I can make it through a set.

Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.

My natural abilities weren't necessarily brute power and strength. They were more about the ability to endure and not give up.

A lot of things I've done in my life have taken incredible mental fortitude.

The manager is always on at us about mental strength anyway. He just comes in and stresses how important it is to be strong mentally, to succeed you've got to go through pain both mentally and physically.

I am a fighter and I will fight anybody.

Being able to go forward has been good, you know? I'm lucky to have that ability, to pressure guys and make them falter and wilt.

Every fight's like that. You try to break the guy's will.

I've got a puncher's chance against anybody.

Believe me, I can be tough, physically and mentally.

I think I have become mentally stronger now, and I have full confidence that I can finish close matches.

The Special Ops community has always been about mental toughness.

It's real easy to talk about stepping in the ring, but once you do actually step in the ring, it takes a lot of courage and mental fortitude to do what we do.

I like to step into the Octagon and just show what I'm made of.

If nerves undo you, then you're unlikely to make it as a top footballer.

Some people, they don't get a few takedowns, they start getting nervous, and they fade. That's just not in my character.