This game is a ruthless one if you can’t take the heat. - Theres a heavy price to pay when the wages of self doubt is defeat. - Locked and loaded. Blocking out timidity. Ready to eat. . . . I always get asked what is going through my head in THIS EXACT MOMENT - The moment I am walking to the cage knowing the opponent who is trying to take everything from me is waiting for me in the cage. - You step into the ultimate proving grounds. Where there is no defeat that didn’t cost you dearly and there is no victory that didn’t at least cost you something. - The goal...hear nothing besides the words you tell yourself. - As humans we are prone to go into survival mode, to go on the defense, to protect ourselves. - You can’t afford to hear one decibel of negativity so you fill the airwaves with affirmations and fill your neuropathways with positivity. - You get to the cage. It locks. Then it’s up to fate. - You have to accept the volatility that is about to ensue and deal with the cards that are...