Georges St-Pierre Quotes

There is a difference between a fighter and a martial artist. A fighter is training for a purpose: He has a fight. I’m a martial artist. I don’t train for a fight. I train for myself. I’m training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection.

– Georges St-Pierre

The more knowledge you get, the more questions you ask. The smarter you get, the more you realize that everything can be possible.

– Georges St-Pierre

I was a big fan of Jean-Claude Van-Damme growing up, and I always wanted to be a martial artist ’cause of him.

– Georges St-Pierre

I am very honored and excited to be part of UFC 100; it’s going to be the hardest challenge of my career so far and it’s going to be pretty tough – I can’t wait.

– Georges St-Pierre

I’m a martial artist, and I don’t train because I have a fight; I train because it’s my lifestyle, and I’ll train every day if I’m not hurt.

– Georges St-Pierre

For me, personally, when I’m afraid of something – when you’re afraid of something, normally you try to go away, you try to avoid it. Instead of avoiding it, to overcome your fear, I believe you need to embrace it.

– Georges St-Pierre

I am a public person and I have my private life. It’s important for me that my private life stay private, that what I share with the people is my public personality.

– Georges St-Pierre

I try to protect my loved ones, the people I share my life with, because they don’t have a public life like me. I want to keep their lives private out of respect for them.

– Georges St-Pierre