that I had discussed with another OG on my Facebook Fan Page about a week ago in response to a quote I posted about not getting discouraged or quitting when things get hard during training.
And I’m glad that he suggested that I send it out to the OG Nation and the guts to admit it publically instead of running from the issue and probably leaving the mat permanently.
Check it out and pass it along to anyone you think could use the mat motivation…
MW: It’s so tempting sometimes to give up though, Master P. – not something I should admit on a semi-public forum – but I’m sure everyone in BJJ whose had to spend more than 50% of their BJJ sparring time on the bottom knows what I’m talking about. So,what’s the secret to NOT giving up – pure will power? Will power fueled by intelligence? What’s the role of our instincts vs. our will vs. our bains?
PG: The only thing that keeps you from giving up when things seem bleak is your pain of living without the end result is greater than the pain you endure trying to achieve it… that’s it! If you feel that you can live your life without that thing that you’re trying to achieve, then it will be easy to wonder during EVERY low moment why you’re still doing it.
But if you’ve made up your mind that this one thing is worth all the blood, sweat, tears, embarrassment, black eyes, insults, and everything else that accompanies the end result, you’ll find a way to suck it up and get your azz out there the next day, believing that tomorrow’s going to be better.
Will it be better the next day, maybe… maybe not.
But you have to believe that it’s going to get better because you’re getting better. And if others that were a lot weaker (physically, mentally, and emotionally) could do it, so can you!
I’ve NEVER had a damn thing in my life come easy for me and every major goal I set out to accomplished was met by doubt by many and even self-doubt from me.
I wasn’t tough enough to be a marine, not smart enough to be a computer science major or bad enough to be a BJJ Black Belt… but I proved them all wrong because the pain of failing and not becoming those things was greater than the pain that I endured to succeed
along the way.
Even when I wanted to quit all of them, I couldn’t because I’m not a quitter. It wasn’t easy, but I had to keep telling myself that it’ll get better tomorrow and it did.
I don’t give a chit if you’re on the bottom of a grappling session 100 percent of the time. If you want that black belt, you’ll believe that tomorrow will be easier and won’t stop until you get it.
That’s the secret to not giving up!
Think about what I typed for a few minutes before you respond back to me.
MW: I’m ready to go back to the mats. You are inspirational. Please share those comments with your OG mailing list. I’m not sure everyone in the Nation is hooked to Facebook yet.
