Frank Shamrock Quotes

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Frank Shamrock

Profession : Mixed Martial Artist

Birth : December 8, 1972

You're trying to control somebody? Take wrestling, because that's how you get it done.

Frank Shamrock

I've got a few tricks when it comes to psychology and stuff.

Frank Shamrock

When you have harmony in the different areas of your life, with your mind, body, and spirit, you're just so much stronger, especially in really intense, stressful situations, like 'Fight Master.'

Frank Shamrock

It's part of being successful, just planning your life, catalogue successes, keep track of things that are important to you and make them a reality.

Frank Shamrock

I looked at my own fights: everyone's excited and I was all disappointed that my techniques didn't work.

Frank Shamrock

Anybody who's a super athlete - I mean, Herschel Walker, it doesn't matter - if you're a super athlete and you get the technique of fighting, you're super dangerous.

Frank Shamrock

Most of the martial arts techniques go in waves of popularity and usefulness, but they all work.

Frank Shamrock

I've always picked the fight that I thought would, you know what, that guy's really tough, and it's really competitive, but it's going to be a great show for the fans.

Frank Shamrock

I became a free agent in 1999. I retired, that's how I got out of my contract. From that moment on, I've always been in control of my own destiny.

Frank Shamrock

I mean, I work in television, so every day is like the end of your career and then each day is a new one.

Frank Shamrock

I mean as a human being I'm happy to be working, but, I look back on my career and I mean, you know, a lot of people worry about what didn't happen, but I'm just happy for what I've got.

Frank Shamrock

Fighting is 90-percent mental. It's a lot of emotion.

Frank Shamrock

I mean, I watched Ken train in the gym. Ken was one of the greatest athletes I've ever seen. But when he got into a fight, it would be half of him. He was wrestling with a lot more in there than just beating his opponent.

Frank Shamrock

My first fighting team was my brother, and I learned that I came from a community where your team was your family. We functioned as a unit. You helped as many people as you could, because they would help you.

Frank Shamrock

Mixed martial arts or whatever you want to call it, it is still martial arts.

Frank Shamrock

My natural body weight is about 183 pounds. I've just always tried to keep 10 pounds of muscle on me because the bigger you were before, the more money you made. I always tried to cut at least five pounds to get to 185.

Frank Shamrock

Brothers beating each other up. Everyone wants to see that.

Frank Shamrock

When I first came along there was also only two weight classes, so you can imagine things were pretty crazy back then.

Frank Shamrock

I left the UFC after the fight with Ortiz. Tito was the last super tough guy as I had already handled all of the other guys quite handily.

Frank Shamrock

I didn't want to keep fighting and risking injury to my body when the pay wasn't where I needed it to be. I made a strategic decision to give it up after I fought Tito. I always planned on coming back when the sport was able to right itself and had a brighter future.

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