Frank Shamrock Quotes

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Frank Shamrock

Profession : Mixed Martial Artist

Birth : December 8, 1972

My first coach was my brother Ken. He taught me submission wrestling, the catch-as-catch-can style that he was famous for. Then I trained in Japan with Funaki and Suzuki. Then I learned jiu-jitsu and sambo with Oleg Taktarov and Gokor Chivichyan.

Frank Shamrock

I actually threw rocks at a train and in California, that's a felony. I went and did ten days in juvenile hall.

Frank Shamrock

I know what the bottom is like. I know what it's like to have zero. You can always build up. But it starts by changing your mind and taking action.

Frank Shamrock

I wish the sport was much more evolved when I got into it.

Frank Shamrock

I took a lot of physical punishment learning the art of fighting.

Frank Shamrock

I stopped being a fighter in 1999 and I became a fight executive the moment I retired and took control of my brand.

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I have a platform to tell the truth.

Frank Shamrock

I had this relationship with Strikeforce that included getting all these investments and really building the brand up, moving it in the right direction. I was constantly looking for financing and opportunities.

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As a martial artist, I discovered that there's always so much more to learn.

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Fighting is a lot of ego, and that's OK.

Frank Shamrock

Fighters need someone they can trust. We can't trust anybody.

Frank Shamrock

Scott Coker's a martial artist. He's an honest guy. If you ask him to do something he'll do it, or else he'll tell you why he can't do it. That's what fighters need.

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I just want to be known as the guy who made a difference because he really believed.

Frank Shamrock

This sport started with the question, Who would win, a karate guy or a boxer? A judo guy or a wrestler? That was the original draw behind the sport. That's what caught everybody's attention.

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Above all things, Strikeforce is a stable, established business that has experience with live events, and it has the martial arts culture. I worked closely with EliteXC and they had no martial arts culture. They didn't really understand what they were doing, so the odds of them being successful were kind of a crapshoot.

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I'm the black sheep of the family.

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Everyone loves MMA once they see it. But you've got to watch it.

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The face of our sport is Dana White and out here in conservative New York, the way people think, bald-headed, tattoo'd, swearing people are just not a good representative of our brand and unfortunately people think that Dana White speaks for MMA, and they're confused.

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I don't believe that Dana White is a martial artist. I don't see a martial way that he is following.

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