A fighter used whiteboards covered with quotes and affirmations, including the mantra "I will find the UFC by the time I'm 25," to stay motivated through his toughest years. He credits visualization and daily reminders with giving him the mental strength to keep going when his fighting career felt hopeless.
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So I was reading like quite a lot of self-help books. Rich Dad Poor Dad, which is more of like a business book, but then also like The Alchemist, all these kind of books. Think and Grow Rich was a big one. And I used to study them, get an addictive personality. So I'd break down, I'd talk about them, I had a whiteboard, I'd write quotes on, I'd do affirmations, I'd have all this sort of stuff. So my biggest affirmation was, I will find the UFC by the time I'm 25. So I used to say that to myself every single day. Had a whole lot of them and then some of them were gay. Like, I am powerful, I am relentless, these sort of things. This shit works. Yeah, it does, trust me. When you come to your darkest points, which fighting brings you to a lot, That's when they appear.