# @mikechandlermma on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B11C_j8AA93
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15434689-mikechandlermma-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2019-08-31T12:46:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Michael Chandler (@MikeChandlerMMA) — https://gondola.cc/MikeChandlerMMA

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This game is a ruthless one if you can’t take the heat.
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Theres a heavy price to pay when the wages of self doubt is defeat.
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Locked and loaded. Blocking out timidity. Ready to eat.
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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.
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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.
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The goal...hear nothing besides the words you tell yourself.
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As humans we are prone to go into survival mode, to go on the defense, to protect ourselves.
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You can’t afford to hear one decibel of negativity so you fill the airwaves with affirmations and fill your neuropathways with positivity.
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You get to the cage. It locks. Then it’s up to fate.
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You have to accept the volatility that is about to ensue and deal with the cards that are about to be dealt.
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Win or lose.
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I’ll see you at the top!
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