Han må räknas till en av de bästa någonsin i MMA, men trots detta hatar den tvåfaldiga UFC-mästaren George St-Pierre att fightas. Vilket han berättade för Joe Rogans
”I hate fighting, I really do”
”I know a lot of people don’t believe me, but I’m going to try to explain the best I can”
“In every job, there’s no perfect job, do you agree? There’s no perfect job that you like everything about it. It’s impossible,”
“My job, as a professional athlete in Mixed Martial Arts, I fight normally — when I was very active — twice a year.
“In 365 days, there are two days that I hate the most: The days that I’m fighting,”
“It’s freaking unbearable. The feeling of uncertainty. You don’t know if you’re going to be humiliated, you’re going to be the victor, or you’re going to be the loser. I care so much about it, that it’s freaking unbearable. As much as I try to dismiss it, it’s unbearable.”
Sen finns det andra delar av jobbet som St-Pierre verkligen gillar.
“I like the fact that I’m a free man, I’m my own boss. I do whatever I want, I have access to certain things, VIP stuff, that most people don’t. My quality of life, the money, I didn’t have it before, now I do,”
“I love my job, and I’m very happy about my job, but there’s this thing I hate about my job that I hate the most… It’s fighting. I hate it.
“I love the study of fighting. I love the science of it. The tactical, the physical. I love to train, I love to walk in the room, and feel strong. I know if something happens, I’m the man — even if it’s an illusion, with a bullet, nobody is faster than this,”
“I like the lifestyle. I don’t do it for the fight, I freaking hate the fight.”
Att en legend inom MMA hatar att fightas kan förstås ses som lite konstigt till och med för sina träningspartners. Rory Macdonald som också tränar på Tristar har ju själv sagt att han gillar striden och fighten i oktagonen. St-Pierre berättar när han en gång pratade med Rory om just detta:
“I was like ‘hey why do you like fighting?’ He said ‘I guess I like to fight, you (don’t) like to fight?’ I was like ‘F—k no! I don’t like to fight!’ and everyone in the room turned around and looked at me like I was crazy.
“‘You guys are all crazy, if you think I like to fight in a cage in front of millions of people! Maybe humiliated, knocked out, or die? Are you crazy?! I don’t like to fight, are you nuts??’,”
“I like to win! When you win, the feeling is unbelievable! It’s so good, that it’s worth… this. But I hate it, man!”
Det är ju också känt att St-Pierre sätter otroligt press på sig själv inför sina matcher och det kan vara detta plus ovilja att vilja slåss som också gjort honom så pass bra, men detta kan vi lämna som spekulationer förstås.
