I had 80 fights and thousands of sparring hours during my 12 yr fight career.
Boxing forces you to confront all of your fears, anxieties, and apprehensions.
Here are 45 hard lessons I learned from the "hurt business" that will make you more resilient, gritty, & antifragile.
Boxing forces you to confront all of your fears, anxieties, and apprehensions.
Here are 45 hard lessons I learned from the "hurt business" that will make you more resilient, gritty, & antifragile.
1. Events have the meaning you give them.
2. Rejection is always for the better—it’s up to you to realize how.
3. Luck = Preparation+Opportunity; Tragedy = Surprise+Scarcity.
4. Pain is temporary. Being a bitch who quits is forever.
5. Progress is made when you rest.
2. Rejection is always for the better—it’s up to you to realize how.
3. Luck = Preparation+Opportunity; Tragedy = Surprise+Scarcity.
4. Pain is temporary. Being a bitch who quits is forever.
5. Progress is made when you rest.
6. You’re never as good as they say when you win and never as bad as they say when you lose.
7. At the bottom, your opponent is quantity. At the top, it’s quality.
8. Everyone loses.
9. You’re almost never afraid of what you think you are
7. At the bottom, your opponent is quantity. At the top, it’s quality.
8. Everyone loses.
9. You’re almost never afraid of what you think you are
10. Negative feedback to correct. Positive feedback to reinforce.
11. You don't appreciate safety until you've been hurt. You don't appreciate being hurt if you've always been safe.
12. Your words are meaningless because anyone can reproduce them.
11. You don't appreciate safety until you've been hurt. You don't appreciate being hurt if you've always been safe.
12. Your words are meaningless because anyone can reproduce them.
13. It's supposed to hurt. That's how you know it's worth it.
14. Pain is part of the process. It will purify you.
15. Speed beats power. Positioning beats speed.
16. Defense & offense are inseparable. Those who try to learn them distinctly end up with shitty versions of both
14. Pain is part of the process. It will purify you.
15. Speed beats power. Positioning beats speed.
16. Defense & offense are inseparable. Those who try to learn them distinctly end up with shitty versions of both
17. Confidence doesn’t matter. No one can tell how you feel about it. Only if you do it.
18. Respect all opponents. You don't know who or what you're in the ring with; even when you do.
19. Amateur and professional are mindsets more than designations.
18. Respect all opponents. You don't know who or what you're in the ring with; even when you do.
19. Amateur and professional are mindsets more than designations.
20. Control determines ability. Ability enhances control.
21. Better to lose because of bad luck than win because of good fortune.
22. Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
23. Time is undefeated
21. Better to lose because of bad luck than win because of good fortune.
22. Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
23. Time is undefeated
24. You eat what you kill, or you feed another predator.
25. Acting like prey is the surest way to get treated like it.
26. The first ball shot is free. Make it count.
27. You can't stop someone that can't be hurt or hurt someone that won't be stopped.
25. Acting like prey is the surest way to get treated like it.
26. The first ball shot is free. Make it count.
27. You can't stop someone that can't be hurt or hurt someone that won't be stopped.
28. Pain keeps you honest in the short term but apprehensive in the long.
29. If you can’t subdue your ego and listen to people better than you, you were doomed before you even began.
30. Keep your glass empty, even when the water around you tastes like shit.
29. If you can’t subdue your ego and listen to people better than you, you were doomed before you even began.
30. Keep your glass empty, even when the water around you tastes like shit.
31. Amateurs practice until they get it right. Professionals practice until they can’t get it wrong.
32. You’re never as good or as bad as you think you are.
33. No matter how well you’ll do, someone will hate you. No matter how bad you perform, someone will think you’re great.
32. You’re never as good or as bad as you think you are.
33. No matter how well you’ll do, someone will hate you. No matter how bad you perform, someone will think you’re great.
34. Some rules you can break once and plead ignorance. Make the infraction count for something. You may not be so lucky the next time.
35. Nervousness is a good sign. Remember: the courageous man and the coward both feel fear, but the difference is how they react to it.
35. Nervousness is a good sign. Remember: the courageous man and the coward both feel fear, but the difference is how they react to it.
36. There is no shame in losing. Only in quitting.
37. The best competitor isn’t usually the best teacher and vice-versa.
38. Stick to a game plan, but adjust when necessary
39. Size doesn’t matter until everything else doesn’t. Then it matters more than anyone will ever admit
37. The best competitor isn’t usually the best teacher and vice-versa.
38. Stick to a game plan, but adjust when necessary
39. Size doesn’t matter until everything else doesn’t. Then it matters more than anyone will ever admit
40. Counter-punching: The worst strategy but the best tactic. It’s always better to be the cause of action rather than reacting to it.
41. Improve the process to improve the outcome, but don’t worry too much if the outcome isn’t perfect.
42. FIlm your training.
41. Improve the process to improve the outcome, but don’t worry too much if the outcome isn’t perfect.
42. FIlm your training.
43. Win well; lose better
44. If the worst thing that happens in your life is that you lose a fight, then things are going well.
45. No one beats the game.
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44. If the worst thing that happens in your life is that you lose a fight, then things are going well.
45. No one beats the game.
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