It’s important to have the right strategy. I can’t commit to things or fight like I used to. I can’t just bang it out. I have to be more intelligent in training and in fighting. Glover Teixeira Read Quote
The secret is to listen, open your mind, listen to the pros. With the help of the UFC’s Performance Institute, too. Listening to my coaches and listening to my body, too. Having discipline. It’s not just listening, too, because sometimes people have the knowledge but don’t know how to use it. You need to be able to put that to practice. Glover Teixeira Read Quote
I tell people for a long time, there are always other options in life. We have to do what we want. Glover Teixeira Read Quote
I used to love martial arts movies starring Bruce Lee and Jean Claude Van Damme. In one of Van Damme’s movies, he would break a pine tree. I would kick banana trees because I used to live on a farm. My father would get mad at me because I would break all of the banana trees around. Glover Teixeira Read Quote
I’m just living life, but I’m happy to still be fighting at 41. It’s something I like to do, so the more I can do this, the better. Glover Teixeira Read Quote
To be honest, I’m not the kind of guy to think about the future in the long term. Glover Teixeira Read Quote
A lot of fighters just go to the gym and spar or wrestle, but they forget about their conditioning. Things like that cause lots of injuries. Glover Teixeira Read Quote
Jose Aldo became champion when he was 22. I didn’t get into the gym for the first time until I was 22. Glover Teixeira Read Quote