Quotes About Discipline

I do shadow boxing and use a heavy bag, but I don't spar with anyone.

I've always seen myself as a big light heavyweight fighter, I have a big frame and walk around quite heavy. So I've always had to cut around 33 lbs to make weight.

I train with faster, lighter guys, I train with guys from my category. I also train with heavyweight guys.

It's easier to be heavyweight than make 205!

How I stay in shape? 12 hours a day in heels, I'm, literally moving all day long in heels.

Is discipline (both mental and physical) in place of coddling truly child abuse? I don't know, but it sure as hell is effective.

I go to bed at 8 P.M. and get up at 4:30 A.M. Who the hell is gonna live with that?

If you get into a fight, don't take your helmet off. We're looking for smart football players, not dumb ones.

I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well.

I'm a writer, not a professional runner. It's fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration.

Being professional is just really clearly the way to go and helps you on the road to longevity.

I look at myself like a show dog. I've got to keep her clipped and trimmed and in good shape.

I like eating the right way, doing things the right way. I never had to have my dad come and say, 'Hey, you have to get back to the gym' or, 'Hey, you're eating wrong.'

You have 20 fights, you should know what it takes to get yourself ready. If you don't feel like you're ready, you let your coach know 'hey we need to work on a little bit more of this.'

The way I look at it, competing at a high level, whether that's business, art or film, athletics, anything you do, there's a certain way to go about it.

I have so much respect for this game and the process that goes into playing at a high level.

The most important thing is to be consistent. There are so many games, it's hard to play at a high level consistently.

One of the things that made me love wrestling in general was my career in amateur wrestling in high school and college. Just being on the mat made me feel a type of aggression I wasn't really able to produce in my regular life.

In high school and college, I was an athlete.

One little mistake at the highest level costs you a fight, which I've learned.

I think it's highly unprofessional to not make weight.

I drop my kid off at school and then race home, and it's a very limited time. I can only do really serious writing for a couple of hours. And then I always go on a walk, I do a one-to-two-hour walk; I don't go running or hard hiking.

Once I lose focus that's when I'm going to go tumbling down the hill.

I do a lot of things like running hills and larger amounts of reps in the gym.