“I didn’t like myself,” how Georges St-Pierre overcame his inferiority complex during childhood


“I didn’t like myself,” how Georges St-Pierre overcame his inferiority complex during childhood

Georges St-Pierre

UFC Hall of Famer Georges St-Pierre’s contribution to the sport of MMA is no less than being called pioneer worthy. St-Pierre is the reason MMA is huge in his birth nation, Canada. St-Pierre has not only been a great fighter, enough to be called one of the greatest ever to do it and the greatest welterweight of all time, St-Pierre has a record of 9-consecutive title defences in his second title run in the UFC welterweight division, which is the 3rd-most title defences in UFC history.

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Georges St-Pierre
Georges St-Pierre

St-Pierre’s record of victories includes the likes of Nick Diaz, BJ Penn, Matt Hughes, Michael Bisping, Carlos Condit, Josh Koscheck, Johnny Hendricks, Matt Serra, Jake Shields and many more. St-Pierre semi-retired in 2013, came back in 2017 to win the middleweight championship and become one of the few fighters to hold belts at 2 weight classes, and announced retirement in 2018 to be enshrined in the UFC Hall of Fame in 2019.

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Georges St-Pierre believes having a vision of who he wanted to be helped in going through tough times

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In an episode of the Patrick Bet-David podcast, St-Pierre arbitrarily opens up about what it used to be like to reflect upon himself in his childhood and the kind of negativity that would eventually occupy his mind.

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“I remember when I was a kid I was looking myself in the mirror and I did not like what I used to see, says St-Pierre. “And I was a kid at that time, I was bullied, I was a kid who lacked a lot of self-confidence. I didn’t have a good image of myself, and I remember I had a vision, and I had a vision of who I wanted to become. I’m not talking about champion and physical, I’m talking about mental, like as a person, and I fall in love with that image that I want to become…

So that’s what helps me go through my day at that time when it was hard for me at that time because I didn’t have the knowledge that I have now…” St-Pierre concluded that he is still trying to achieve that image to this day and trying to evolve as a human every day.

What did you make of St-Pierre’s approach to life and his way of overcoming the mental challenges of being who he is back when he was a child? Where do you put St-Pierre amongst the greatest mixed-martial artists of all time? What is your favourite Georges St-Pierre fight?

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