Quotes About Training

Martial arts was founded on the spirit that it's not only a sport, but a way of life.

The sport has definitely moved beyond that founding idea of MMA, but without a doubt we wouldn't be sitting here right now if the Gracies didn't come here and teach their style and create the UFC.

I know the UFC's a big organization, the best athletes and fighters are here, so... every third or fourth month, I'm ready to fight.

I would say that 'Creed' has a lot more music in it. It's 60 minutes of music, while 'Fruitvale' had about a fourth of that at best. There's a bigger focus in 'Creed' because I had to make music for training montages.

Training hasn't been consistent for the last week or so which was a bit annoying, but going into the competition I just had to get myself into the right mind frame.

I'm a bit of a fraud, really, as I didn't study acting at a drama school.

I am a fitness freak.

My dad's a fitness freak himself.

When I started I only swam freestyle, and did just freestyle in my first Paralympics.

We need education across the board on all fronts.

Fruit is carb-based, and I limit carbs when training hard.

A lot of fighters get frustrated when they're not active.

The thing I like about decathlon is also the thing I dislike: It's the maximum challenge, but also the maximum frustration.

Food really is fuel - and hydration as well - but for athletic activity, you really got to take it seriously, or else it can negatively impact your performance.

Sometimes I do things in training and think, 'Ah! I need to do that in a game. If I do I will be close to my full potential.'

Training full-on year round is great, and I love to stay in shape and always being ready, but I feel sometimes I don't have a life.

When I bake, I give it to people because when I'm full-time training, I have to really watch what I eat.

The guys who don't make it through SEAL training are the Rambo wannabes. If you cannot work in a team format but also function autonomously, you won't last for very long.

I'm a fan of functional strength.

I learned how to be a smart, tough, fundamentally sound football player.

My dad always taught me the fundamentals of the game: dribble, pass, shoot. So I never relied heavily on any one thing until I got to college, when I was just adjusting to the team.

There's no media training. In cooking school, there's not even manager training. You learn the fundamentals of cooking. Everything else is learning by doing.

When you look at athletes, they have fundamentals.

I had to work on the fundamentals of the game because in league, the position I played, it was just bash and crash.