Georges St-Pierre
Georges St-Pierre
Georges St-Pierre, often referred to as GSP, is a Canadian mixed martial artistand a three-time former Welterweight Champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, having won the title twice in 2006 and 2008, as well as an Interim title in 2007. Frequently cited as one of the greatest MMA fighters of all time, St-Pierre was ranked as the #1 welterweight in the world for several years by Sherdog and numerous other publications. In 2008, 2009, and 2010 he was named the...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth19 May 1981
CountryCanada
I'm training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection.
The goal is to avoid mediocrity by being prepared to try something and either failing miserably or triumphing grandly.
Using your imagination to create mental images stimulates your mind, helps organize your life and keeps your focus in a particular direction. It allows your unconscious mind to work toward the image you have created, the goal. It's about understand the life you want to live, and seeing it unfold before you.
Set your goal and keep moving forward.
My goal is to share all my learning, all of my knowledge, so that other generations of martial arts will benefit.
As Aristotle wrote a long, long time ago, and I'm paraphrasing here, the goal is to avoid mediocrity by being prepared to try something and either failing miserably or triumphing grandly. Mediocrity is not about failing, and it's the opposite of doing. Mediocrity, in other words, is about not trying. The reason is achingly simple, and I know you've heard it a thousand times before: what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Pick a goal, make a realistic plan to reach that goal, work through each step of the plan, and repeat.
The danger is not to set your goal too high and fail to reach it. It’s to set your goal too low and reach it
The more knowledge you get, the more questions you ask. The smarter you get, the more you realize that everything can be possible.
Everyone is a threat, and anyone can be beat at any given moment. No one is invincible.
Train smart at all times and do your best to avoid injury. Training smart is more important than training hard.
Respect is the most important thing. Be respectful toward others and have respect for yourself.
In fighting, in evolution, in life, efficiency is the key,
I try to protect my loved ones, the people I share my life with, because they don't have a public life like me. I want to keep their lives private out of respect for them.