Meditation plays a big role in my life. Meditation fortifies my spirit, improves my focus, my desire. When I fight I try to empty my mind. It's called Mushin. When I don't see anything around me, I only see that moment. Nothing else matters. that was how I was taught to live.
I'mma just do me, when it feel right.
I'm just a regular guy that had a dream and ran for it.
"Be courageous and keep moving forward". . . that's kind of the mantra that I've tried to keep.
Face adversity head on in your training and you will conquer it smoothly in your fight.
It's not the man who pushes himself the hardest. . . it's the man who pushes himself the hardest after it gets painful.
I try to keep a positive attitude about everything.
Somebody is going to win & somebody is not, and that's fine. . . But we will never refuse to participate because we're scared to fail.
Jiu-Jitsu for sure will save your ass, one way or another. Not necessarily a physical fight but also being able to deal with yourself, know about yourself, and really improve yourself as a whole.
I just want to do something big if I do anything at all.
If you're looking to be a professional athlete on the top tier of any sport, my best advice is to put everything you have into it. If you're not, somebody else is. It's got to be all or nothing.
Am I nervous? Yeah. Am I scared? Sure. But I do this because I love it.
I pursue this dream and carry on. I don't dwell too much on the outside, I just focus on the inside.
Even though I had a rough life I always had my mind on bigger and better things.
I just try to keep getting better every day, and that's all I can do.
I would rather be happy and feel fulfilled and challenged every single day than just sit somewhere and get by.
Keep working towards improving on yourself and keep working towards your dreams and goals because no one else will for you.
Once fear enters your life - it will take you in one of two directions: empowerment or panic.
By putting yourself in that intense form of stress, it makes regular life more peaceful.
From the beginning of your career until the end, you have people telling you, you can't do something or you're only going to get so far. That either drives you to be become the best or it stops you at the stipulations that other people have for you.