“As an athlete, you'll never feel bad about losing, but what you will feel bad about is underperforming. That's a real thing and it happens a lot when we don't live up to our potential. And that keeps you up at night and can give you years and years of regret. It could be a relationship, it could be a homework assignment, or it could be an athletic competition. If you don't go out and perform to the best of your ability, it will really bother you.” IfsGivingFeelsYearsRealHappensNightAbilityRegretLosingCompetitionAthleteBotherAthleticReal ThingsHomeworkAssignmentsAthletic Competition Author:Chael Sonnen
“Listen Wanderlei, I will do a home invasion on you. I will cut the power to your house and the next thing you'll hear is me climbing up your stairs in a pair of night vision goggles I bought in the back of Soldier of Fortune magazine. I'll pick the lock to the master room door, take a picture of you in bed with the Nogueira brothers working on your 'jiu-jitsu'. I'll take said quote unquote photograph, post it at dorksfrombrazil.com, password - not required, username - not required. That, Wanderlei, is how you threaten someone. Dummy.” SaidHomeNightNextHouseRoomsVisionCuttingDoorsBrotherMastersBedPicksFortunePhotographSoldierMagazinesPostsPairsClimbingLocksInvasionStairsDummyJiu JitsuPasswordsClimbing UpGogglesNight Vision Author:Chael Sonnen
“You know, these guys want to talk about God; 'Oh, I want to thank God. I want to thank God.' Listen, I'm a God-fearing man, go to church every Sunday and have since I was a boy. But if I ever found out that God cared one way or another about a borderline illegal fist-fight on Saturday night, I would be so greatly disappointed that it would make rethink my entire belief system.” IfsKnowsMenWayWantWould BeNightGuyFightingFoundBeliefChurchBoysOne WaySundayIllegalDisappointedThank GodSaturdayFistsSaturday NightBelief SystemsBorderlineGod Fearing Man Author:Chael Sonnen
“I found that to build mental toughness, you need to inconvenience yourself. The early morning runs, if you hate early mornings. The late night runs, if you hate late nights. The snowy cold, the worst conditions you can get, put yourself in those and really make it inconvenient and you start to get a genuine expectation of winning for the price you have to pay.” IfsNeedsRunningNightHateFoundWinningPayMorningWorstConditionsColdLateExpectationsGenuineToughnessInconvenienceInconvenientEarly MorningLate NightSnowyMental Toughness Author:Chael Sonnen
