Friday, August 2, 2013

Korean Zombie on being exciting and winning


For Chan Sung Jung, the Korean Zombie, it's about putting on exciting fights for the fans and winning:

"It's very important to me to put on exciting fights. I like that fighting style and I want to entertain the fans as much as possible. But winning is obviously the most important thing."

That exciting style has made him a fan favorite across the globe. It's similar to Wanderlei Silva, who is able to connect with fans from any region of the world because they sense the amount of effort he's putting  in to make the fight exciting. Wanderlei is risking his health, brain cells, pride if he gets knocked out, and a lot of other things for that moment of glory and pleasing fans. Fighters like this may not communicate in the same language as some fans but the type of heart they display in the cage reaches everyone who watches.

Korean Zombie training camp for UFC 163 fight with Jose Aldo



Quotes by Korean Zombie

Dragon's Breath shotgun shells

Dragon's Breath

This is an animated gif Youtube celebrity FPS Russia firing Dragon's Breath shotgun shells. These are basically incendiary rounds that will mess you up!

I'm kind of a big deal

big deal

This is an animated reaction gif of Ron Burgundy / Will Ferrell confidently saying "I'm kind of a big deal". This is from Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, which hit movie theaters back in 2004. There are so many great quotes in this film.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Michael Chandler on Heart


Michael Chandler talking about heart with Fight Magazine:

I think the most important attribute of mixed martial arts, or aspect of it, is definitely the heart. With heart, comes cardio, because you could have horrible cardio but a huge heart, and all of a sudden your cardio is a lot better because of the heart that you have. So I would definitely say it's heart. You could have the best hands in the world, the best wrestling in the world, the best grappling in the world, but when the going gets tough, when it's late in the round, whenever you're getting a flurry of punches, you're getting beat up, do you have what it takes to dig deep and really take a hold of what is yours? Or what you think that you deserve.  And you have to believe that you deserve great things. You have to believe that you deserve to win each fight that you're in. You have to believe that you deserve to become a champion. And I think that all comes from that champion's mentality, which all starts from your heart. How big is your heart? And I think the hard work is what is what makes your heart grow every single day. You know, "the heart", it's an organ, but whenever you talk about heart you know you're talking about your will, your will to win, your determination. And that all comes from how much do you believe that what you've done here in the gym is going to translate into the fight. How much did you believe that what you did in the gym here was above and beyond what you needed to do, and above and beyond what your opponent has done. Whenever I step into the cage; no disrespect to any of my opponents, even the best guys that I've fought, but I know that they've never even come close to going through what I've gone through. With my wrestling background, wrestling five years at the University of Missouri, there's no way that they've even scratched the surface of the hell that I've put myself through. It's such a blessing to have that in my back pocket where I can just go and just deposit it from the heart bank, if you will. I've just accumulated and accumulated so much will and so much determination in my past that now when the going gets tough...I'm just used to it, I try to act as tough as I can and as much like a warrior as I can, and good things happen.

Dustin Poirier on Enjoying What He Does


In an interview with UFC featherweight Dustin Poirier, he notes that enjoyment for what you do is necessary to succeed:
This is a job, where it takes so much out of you and it takes such dedication, that if you don't enjoy it, you can't do it.  You won't be successful. 
It's kind of reminiscent of a quote by the BJJ and MMA legend Rickson Gracie, who noted passion is the backbone of succeeding, because it will be the thing that allows you to overcoming adversity which crops up along the journey:

"The journey has to be based on passion. Put yourself in something you love to do. If you love what you do you're able to dedicate yourself, overcome obstacles."

Ronda Rousey on why she's undefeated



No matter what is happening leading up to a fight, Ronda Rousey feels that champions still find a way to persevere and win:

I'm not undefeated because I had the perfect circumstances leading up into every fight. I'm undefeated because regardless of circumstances, I still win.
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