And I think it worked. I feel young. Now, if you look at the most knowledgeable guys on the planet, they're all old. They have this knowledge that has piled up over time, but their bodies give out. I just happened to be able to keep my faculties and body in tip-top shape. This fight against Yan is the toughest fight out there, and that's the ones I want. I talked to Dana White, and Dana is always fair with me. I said, "Look, I'll fight whoever you want.
Give me the toughest dudes. You beat him, you're in title contention. He doesn't give up. He poses a lot of danger. He's a guy who could be a champion in the future. I'm like, "You guys want me to fight this guy because he's the guy, the young guy you want to give a chance to fight me? Let's do it. I've been very lucky in the fact that I don't have to fight. That was part of me retiring, was making sure I do not have to fight to make a living.
I mean, I'm one fight away from retiring every fight. And it's just a feeling with me. I could have retired after the last one. It would have been a nice way to go out, but if I look back at all the legends of the sport, the guys who stayed around too long or the guys who got out early, they're still just celebrated. Some people were like, "Oh, you went out on a high note. I had a big win before I retired, but it's not like I went out a world champion.
I went out in because I wanted to, and I'm back because I want to. I'm like, "Man, I can go test myself, get paid a lot more money, and it could be a lot more fun. And I could also get in there and get that UFC title that's eluded me, which would be a nice little icing on the cake. And if I wait any longer, it's probably not gonna happen. So let's jump in, and put the foot in the water. We'll make the movie.
Faber Films will be making that movie. It'd be pretty impressive, and it's very, very, very possible. It'd be the pinnacle of my career, absolutely. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Urijah Faber in his own words: Why I fight at Masvidal injured; fight vs. Edwards off UFC Godinez set for record 3rd UFC fight in 43 days. McGregor up for Chandler match 'at some stage'. Usman bests rival Covington again by decision. Namajunas edges Zhang in close fight, keeps belt. Sherdog Blogs.
UFC - Usman vs. UFC - Miocic vs. UFC - Rockhold vs. UFC - Aldo vs. UFC - Hendricks vs. UFC - Weidman vs. UFC - Barao vs. UFC on Fox 9 - Johnson vs. UFC - Rousey vs. UFC - Faber vs. I have a lot of positive attributes, I know where I come from, I know who my friends are, I'm secure. That allows me to put my best effort out every time to try to win. I love to win. I really don't like losing much obviously, but it doesn't change who I am. Life is good.
Whenever I get caught up wanting to complain about monetary things or a fight not going my way or something else going on, I just remember why I started this sport. The fact that I get to live a life of passion where I'm doing only things that I love in this world and help people along the way.
Life's good. I always remind myself of that. With the help of Jim, a high school vice principal who specializes in behavior modification, and Renata Peterson, who has a masters in psychology, Faber diligently works on providing that mental edge that he has to his teammates. Jim and Renata Peterson are actually my neighbors, and we've developed together a system of life skills but related to sports. We have group sessions with our team that are about an hour and a half, where we talk about the subconscious, programming your future, visualizing, and things like that.
We've been doing that for about five or six years with Jim and Renata. Faber has officially entered Mike Krzyzewski territory. Building them up. I think it's the worst thing when I see fighters who have gone through a career and have nothing to show for it. They're broken down and don't know what to do next. It's a sad thing. I want my fighters to know that this is all a building process for the next stages of your life. It's something you can be proud of and you can take it as far and have as much success as you want and that everything you do is commendable.
Being a part of this team is something you can put down on your resume, winning a fight is something you can put down on your resume, being in a fight is something you can put down on your resume. It takes guts, it takes tenacity, it takes character. Our guys are learning about how to be successful fighters, but more importantly they are learning how to have success in life and teach their kids to have success.
Besides this wealth of coaching for mental toughness, Team Alpha Male has their acclaimed roster of lighter weight fighters covered with great ground and standup specific coaches. I think he is one of the best strikers in MMA, period. After that first conversation, he started doing breakdowns for the team. He was calling me and saying this is what I see with this guy and just started being a coach from a distance.
0コメント