“One of the happiest places and the saddest places for me to go is the gym,” says Georges St-Pierre
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Georges St-Pierre is considered to be one of the greatest UFC champions, he was a two-division champ (welterweight and middleweight) and there isn’t anything that he hasn’t achieved.
Now after been out from the sport for too long he still likes to train but he also gives time to time reality check to those who are pursuing the sport of MMA.
He said, “One of the happiest places and the saddest places for me to go is the gym. It’s the happiest place for me to go because I can practice the sport I love, because I love training, I love the science of fighting.”
“And it’s very sad, too, because after training, there’s always some guys that come to me because they seek some advice. I always give them advice regarding fighting.”
“But a lot of them, my advice would be, ‘Hey bro, you should hang up your gloves and find a real job. Because I’ve seen this movie, and it’s not a good ending, my friend.’ But if I tell them the truth, they get mad at me. … [They say], ‘He’s jealous and he’s arrogant.’”
Georges St-Pierre thinks it’s sad that people take way too long to retire
St-Pierre reflected back his decision to retire when he was in his prime, and the mistake many people makes, he said, “It’s sad, I see a lot of guys; they hang on way too long in the sport. I mean, everybody keeps fighting for different reasons. I fought myself, not because I like to fight [but] for the legacy, because I like to win, I guess, better than I hate to lose. So that’s why I came back.
“But some guys, they keep fighting, and they always ask me, what do you think about this guy still fighting? And I’m like, ‘If it were me, I would have retired a long time ago,’ because you have a prime window, and when you’re past your prime, what’s the point? You’re hurting your legacy. But if you it because you love to fight, or you need the money, that’s OK. That’s your choice. But I think it’s a very sad thing.”
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