Greg Jackson Quotes

#1. Watching Clay Guida fight is like watching a Tasmanian devil.

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#2. Why do people watch fights? ... They watch it for inspiration.

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#3. Every day is one day closer to the dirt, so you got to go hard.

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#4. Your job, with all that mental training and suffering, is just to push your line of breaking so far your opponent can't find it.

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#5. Fighters have to be optimists.

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#6. I always look at things as, instead of a problem, how is this an opportunity?

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#7. You have to get comfortable being uncomfortable ... so that when we get our 15 minutes in the cage, we don't panic, we don't break down.

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#8. There's an old Celtic proverb that I follow: See much, study much, suffer much is the path to wisdom.

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#9. I get a huge kick out of training people, out of helping people, out of just being a part of a process that I get to see people's dreams come true.

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#10. The sun will rise tomorrow, even if you get knocked out in 30 seconds.

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#11. Humility comes from how you come at the world. Confidence comes from how you come at yourself.

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#12. You do brutal workouts to get used to suffering so suffering doesn't become a defining deal.

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#13. I wanted to help people. I was raised by Quaker hippies ... True happiness comes from helping others, that's what was pounded in my head from day one ... So that began my teaching journey.

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#14. You have to wake up and say, 'I have a fire in me to be better than I am right now.' That's your base.

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