A Quote by Tim Kennedy
I don't need MMA, but I love fighting. Those are very different things.
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But I got into MMA for the sport. I love fighting.
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What people need and what they want may be very different.... Teachers are those who educate the people to appreciate the things they need.
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It is very different. I mean, it was immediately different because it's a human being and it's not a vampire and it's not fighting monsters. This isn't the kind of movie that's got the comic book style of fighting to it. It was a bit more gritty.
Fighting in the ring or cage is very much different from fighting in the street. Fighting in the street is very much fueled by anger, pride, and male dominance and ego.
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Of course to be a legend of the sport you have to truly have to have a love for MMA. You can be successful in MMA without having that love.
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I love the sport, I'm a fan of MMA, I've been a fan of MMA since before I started it, I was a fan of Eddie Alvarez before I started fighting, so just the culmination of events that have transpired in my life through hard work, through specifically hard work, it's just, I'm happy.
You have to move on with your life at some point. You don't quit fighting, fighting quits you at some point. It's very unfortunate, but that's the nature of the beast. And that's one of those things, too, that I like to tell young fighters. Have a backup plan.
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