Frank Shamrock Quotes

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Frank Shamrock

Profession : Mixed Martial Artist

Birth : December 8, 1972

I grew up in a terrible home of abuse and I didn't realize I was in a home of abuse.

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I was raised by the state of California, and then various families and mentors.

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I speak the truth on what happened to me because it's happening to a lot of people that grow up in displaced and disadvantaged communities.

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Fighting is fighting. You close your fist and it's all pretty much the same.

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We have been conditioned as a society to believe that you stand there in a gentlemanly fashion and punch each other in the head until someone is unconscious and we celebrate. We celebrate the fact that I can punch him in the head until he is unconscious and can't think straight and stand up. I gotta tell you, I have a problem with that sport.

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In boxing there are only two ways out: you get knocked out or you quit.

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I had spent three years in jails and prisons, and then all of a sudden I'm in Japan in this dojo. It was just so surreal. I was this young kid and nobody even knew what I was doing there.

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My first ten fights or so it was like that. I was just so scared. You can see if you go back and watch them that there are moments where I just stop and look around, like, what's going on here? I was so scared for all those fights.

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Am I cocky or conceited? I'm definitely cocky. But at the root is confidence and humility.

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Guys taking damage need to be compensated for the shortness of their career.

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My goal is to become the best fighter in the world, and I did that and at a time when there was no money or interest in the sport.

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Now that the sport has gone mainstream, there's a lot of money in fighting. It's always what I've loved to do.

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All those fights I've done since 1999, I was either the promoter or co-promoter.

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I'd love to fight Dan Henderson.

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I hate to say it but I'd much rather have Viacom behind me than the UFC.

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Coach is still my favorite, it is still the thing that I'm best at.

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Fighting Cung Le in San Jose is an absolute dream not only for myself but for the city.

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To win in my hometown is just a whole 'nother level.

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I've won titles all over the world.

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The problem is that the top five guys in UFC make all the money, and the rest make scraps.

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