- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not being active, your name doesn't go out there as much, and you lose the popularity thing. Also, you're not able to make a living. This is what we do to make a living: we go out there and fight. Not being able to fight for a year and a half and not able to bring in money, it definitely sets you back.
- As Much Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
This whole thing is - our window to be able to fight and make money is very short. It's a short window to be able to take advantage of this and make as much money as we can and save it for the future. When you're not fighting, and the money's not coming in, you can't do that, and that's the part that sucks about this job.
- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't thinking that I was going to go through my career undefeated. You expect to lose sometimes.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
The hardest fights I've had have been in the gym, not in the cage. It keeps you motivated. One day, you'll go in and feel like you can beat anybody in the world. The next day, you kind of get humbled. That's what keeps us coming back to train more and more.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
You always try to make your teammates better. You help out your teammates, and they help you out in return. As they get better and better, they can help you more and more. At least, I've always seen it that way.
- Nov 07, 2020
You have to set up the right technique to get that takedown. It can't just be any shot. You have to really set it up.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mentality is nonstop, to work for what you want, your mind keeping your body in the best shape possible.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would go into practice pushing the body despite any injuries. It's a good thing but a bad thing. It's good because your body is quick to adapt, but it's a bad thing because you are forcing your body, and it can't recover as well.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not until the very last phase that you know how good the works are going to be.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been playing piano my whole life, but I'd never tried to understand how compositions are made, really. Try to imagine if you'd loved paintings your whole life but had never painted one. My aspiration now is just to understand.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you come every day or every month to my studio, you won't see that much change, but if you come once a year, you'll see big new categories opened up.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
Death in its natural state can be very beautiful. When you think about a body that's died of natural causes - family taking care of it - all of that is very beautiful.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Accepting your own mortality is like eating your vegetables: You may not want to do it, but it's good for you.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Going around not fully believing that you're going to die is really problematic because it affects how you think about the future of the planet, about the future of your own life, about the decisions you're making.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020