Rickson Gracie

You're gonna have different goals, different expectations.

So in order for you to really feel happy, you have to be present, you have to have a goal.

My goal always been representing my family and that's make me happy to go in a challenge situation, to represent my family, to be able to

to bring everything I got in a positive mission in my life.

Yes, I think what's crucial for me was the deep understanding.

All my practice, all my talent, all my physicality is not gonna be enough.

All my thinking, all my emotional control, all my strategy is not gonna be enough.

all my surrender, all my capacity to accept death is not going to be enough if they come in separate.

I think in order for us to grow as spiritual warriors, no matter if it's physical or just theoretical, your growth to facilitate your life, to conquer things, to be happy, you have to have a good unified body in terms of

Body, mind, spirit.

You have to understand your physicality.

You have to understand your mind.

You have to understand your spirituality.

Because those three things combined make you feel powerful.

How I could engage in a fight, a serious fight like that, with no time limits, no weight divisions,

No rules, basically.

No mouthpiece, no cups.

So you basically go for an unpredictable situation.

How I could go just by being trained with a guy 60, 70 pounds heavier than me?

So just being prepared, just being talented is not enough.