🫡 Ilia Topuria surprised me with this statement at UFC 317 post-fight presser:
"I am not invincible. Quite the contrary. I feel that I'm beatable, and that's why I work so hard. I put so much dedication. And that's why I do the work that I do, and I don't want to leave anything out there. And the work is so well done that I feel that there's no doubt left.
And that's why I celebrate things the night before, because I feel that the victory is built and should be celebrated at the end of camp. Because I would not live with myself if I didn't put all the hard work out there. So I feel that that's what happens. I put so much hard work, and I deserve it."
This should be on a wall.
This video of Ilia Topuria giving himself a pep talk before his walkout at #UFC298 will give you goosebumps.
“It’s time to fulfill the dream.
All good things are on the other side of fear.
It’s written… I’m going to win spectacularly”
"If you want to be successful, you need to be bad, then you need to be good. Then when you're good, you need to fail. Then when you fail, you're going to figure it out... There is no shortcuts. It's a journey."
Nikola Jokic on the journey to an NBA title