I should be the reigning champion. I punch a guy 300 times, he punches me a couple and they call him the champion? In what parallel universe does that make you the winner? I am the champion. Iโve been the champion. Andersonโs ribs have the exact same problem that his hands and his feet have, theyโre attached to a cowardly person.
Chael SonnenI go to practice each and every day, but my intensity is not the same. If I get tired, I'll go sit down. If I want some water, I'll go drink it. When I'm in training camp, I don't. I've got to push through being tired. I've got to push through being uncomfortable. That's really it. It's largely a mentality. You kind of flip that switch and turn your intensity up. Your heart rate goes up. Your reps go up. And you start to get in the frame of mind.
Chael SonnenA Black Belt under the Nogueira Brothers is like saying I got a free toy in my happy meal
Chael SonnenWhen youโre the best fighter in the world today, they donโt call you a great fighter. They call you Chael Sonnen.
Chael SonnenI 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.
Chael Sonnen