Mirko Cro Cop

For my whole career, I didn't have sparring partners. I was frustrated when I came to the UFC because, after a few minutes of the first round, I would feel dead because I had no sparring partners.

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Now I am training with sparring partners who are nice people, sure, but not my friends. These are sparring partners who want to knock me out in sparring. In the Croatian media, they said it was 'life and death' sparring - it was not quite life and death, but it was all-out fighting, very hard.

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First I'm a sportsman and then a politician.

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The only 'special supplements' I'm using is two hard and bloody trainings per day, five days a week.

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Even the biggest heroes turn into cowards when they get tired.

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I usually train twice a day, and Thursdays and Sundays are supposed to be my days off. But even on those days, I'm training at least once. I have to do at least one session each day to be happy.

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I underestimated the difference of fighting in a cage.

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Win or lose, just stay calm.

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The best feeling in the world is a hard workout, a shower, and a protein shake.

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Quotes by Mirko Cro Cop