I need that fear factor in training; otherwise, I might get beat by someone I should never lose against, all because I couldn't get up in the morning.
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Right out of high school I never had the fear of getting beat, which is how most people lose.
I'm always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I'm going to get up in the morning.
Every day I run scared. That's the only way I can stay ahead.
Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.
Fear has been a big battle, it runs rampant in my sport so I love to overcome that, to challenge it head on, because there is nothing that feels as accomplished as overcoming a fear, and something that has blocked you in such a big way.
You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.
I just train hard and worry about the things I can control.
I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear - it was not a fear of not being accepted - was a very violent fear of failure.
I'm scared of any fighter I've ever fought because they are some dangerous people to be dealing with. That's also where the anxiety comes from.
Something like riding a horse - which I've recently started doing - requires courage, especially for me, as I started out being actually scared of horses.
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