If you can see it here, and you have the courage enough to speak it, it will happen. So a lot of times people believe in certain things, but they keep to themselves; they don't put it out there. If you truly believe in it, if you become vocal with it, you are creating that law of attraction, and it will become reality.

Make this note: Don't become a victim of yourself. Forget the thief and the alley that's after your purse. What about the thief in your mind that's after your promise? There's this thing about people, and they talk about manifesting. It's real, man. Manifesting is real. When you figure out who you are and what you want to do, and you devote your life to it like a maniac, like you're all in on this thing, and you manifest—most of these people end up, you know, doing what they say they're going to do and being who they say they're going to become. It's real. It's—and there's no excuses, there's no "ing" days off, there's no "everybody's against me," and "this didn't happen for me because of this and that," and all this whining. It's these people who dive in, and they're hardcore, and they're focused, and they know what they want; they know who they are, and they lay out these short-term goals and this road map on how to get there. Most of those people make it.

He's the biggest man I've ever seen; I wouldn't want to fight him. That's—that's why no one will remember your name. There's people like us; we—we're crazy in the sense that we believe to be—it's almost delusional sometimes. You like, what's the—I've heard this quote on the JRE before: it's like greatness and madness are next-door neighbors, and they just borrow each other sugar once in a while. I can manifest like a mother. Everything comes from the imagination. Everything comes from the imagination. So the power of the Mind—people don't understand; we still don't understand; I still don't understand how powerful it is. I'm still learning, but I know one thing: is I can make things happen. I can go to levels I just can't tell the world, but like these levels that like I've manifested things that I'm just like, I still shock myself, like, "How the did I make that happen?" And this is not even to do with fighting; this is to do with my personal life, and I'm like, "I made that happen," and this is through this like manifesting subconsciously as well, just years of something just manifesting, manifesting, and boom, it's right there. I'm just like, "Sh—, I really made that happen." It's scary, man.

Two years in the gym: true true wins, true losses, true life. I just realize that if you say it to yourself, and you look yourself in the eye and look yourself in the mirror and truly truly believe that not a man alive can beat you, then that—that is the way it is. And—and just through hours in the gym and preparation, I feel that I am untouchable right now. I want to reassure you that no matter what the night, no matter what the storm, no matter what the difficulty, there isn't anybody here that can't figure it out. Find some things to do, step at a time, yes, minute at a time, yes, day at a time, yes, week at a time, yes, but there isn't anything you can't walk away from; there isn't any challenge you can't overcome. I want you to have that kind of belief in yourself. Maybe it was your time to lose; you didn't think so. Lose? I don't lose; I win. I win. That's my job; that's what I do.

If a person would sit down and let their body relax, totally relax, okay, and then start to visualize in their mind, see themselves the way they want to see themselves, see how you'd like to live your life, see yourself living it that way. Now understand that that's a picture in your mind; take that picture and describe it, write it out in the present tense: "I am so happy now that I see myself," and write it out. Start to read it, and read it, and read it, and read it every day; carry it around and keep reading it. The one point that all the great teachers all down through history have all agreed on—they've been in complete unanimous agreement on it—we become what we think about. Now it may be fantasy at first; it might even appear to us as being a lie, but if you read it often enough, you'll start to believe it. I watch people's personality change right in front of my eyes, and all they're doing is—is starting to see themselves different; they're starting to think different. CL N. I feel confident 'cause I'm the best player in the world; that's simple. You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose. If you want revenge for the bad things that have happened in your life, start with the version of you that hasn't lived up to your potential.

Around 2010, 2011, um, I went through this huge spiritual thing where I um, I became obsessed with um, the power of the Mind, meditation, visualization, and just realizing how powerful our minds actually are, like how we really do paint our world with our thoughts and—and our level of self-belief. So I took myself from being very average-minded to actually believing that I was the sh—, and believing that I could be the, and that I could be the GOAT and be the greatest and never lose, and to like—I took myself to a different place mentally, and a lot of it came from um, mental practice and—and meditation and visualization and just seeking knowledge from people who are strong believers. I knew I was going to be the person to bring martial arts to the public eye, and now it's happening, you know what I mean? There's two things I've learned from all from these past seven months: number one is the hard work pays off, and number two is that dreams come true, and that's what's happening. Everyone is jealous of what you've got; no one is jealous of how you got it. People see the trophies but not the training ground; everybody wants the view but no one wants the climb.

A negative mind will find any way to make the world fit his priors, right? So if you go into a situation, mhm, adamant that this is—that you are unlovable, unwanted, broken, flawed, insufficient, mhm, you will manage to warp reality to be able to fit what you already believe. That you used to go up on Mullholland Drive and park every night and visualize seeing yourself as—yeah, I would visualize—yeah, I would visualize broken—po—right—having directors interested in me and people that I respected, uh—um, saying, you know, "I like your work," or whatever that is, and—and uh, I would visualize things coming to me that I wanted, or whatever. This was in like 1987, 85, yeah, and—and I had nothing at that time, so it was like—it—but it just made me feel better. It made me—at that time, all it really was for me was kind of making me feel better. I would drive home and think, "Well, I do have these things, and they're out there; I just don't have a hold of them yet, but they're out there." It's a beautiful feeling when—when preparation meets opportunity. You know, nothing—nothing is impossible. You know what I mean? You can—you can achieve anything. That's how your mind works 24/7; it never turns off. You have got to change the way you think; it is the whole determining factor of where you go in life. We are all where we are today because we thought ourselves to this position. Yes, if you don't like the position, think yourself out of it. All that matters as hell you see yourself. If you see yourself as the king, you know, you see yourself with all the belts and all—all everything, and no matter what no one else says, as long as you see that and really believe in it, then that's what's going to happen. Being realistic is the most common traveled road to mediocrity. Why would you be realistic? What's the point of being realistic? Just put up a bar. Yeah, "I'm going to do it." It's done; it's already done. The second I decide it's done, it's already done. Now we just got to wait for y'all to see.

Is there any limit to your ambition? No. Or any limit to what you think you can achieve? Well, no, 'cause I think right now if I was to quit rapping and I say I want to go to the NBA, I would be in the NBA. No, you wouldn't. Yes. No, you wouldn't. Yes, I would. Why would you think you could make it to the NBA? 'Cause I think I can do anything. You need to tell yourself if you're going to win or lose. Isn't there—is no opponent; there's no—no one you're against—yourself. I believe in myself so much that nothing is going to stop me. The sky's the limit. And as a kid growing up, I believe that—I believe that whatever I put my mind to, and if I was willing to make sacrifices and I was dedicated at that, I could achieve absolutely anything. Because despite of my situation at the time, I always believed that—I don't know—uh, why, but it seems like I had some voice in my mind who told me that it's going to happen. How? I don't know, but it's going to happen. Then I'm like, "Yes, I'm going to do it." And that was just like 6 to 7 years ago. You—your words were your destiny; you spoke out your reality when you said, "I'mma do that." Connor, you've been dreaming about this moment; you've been talking about this moment. Honestly, though, does it feel the way you thought it would? Yeah, it does. It feels beautiful. I dreamt this so much, so clearly, so precisely, and so frequently that it has manifested itself into reality, and that's what we are; that's what I am feeling right now. It's—it's a dream come true. Discipline is doing what you hate to do but doing it like you love it. I love that quote. Yeah, and that's what you have to do to be the best. Do or do not; there is no try. Everybody asked me the question; they wanted to know what kind—I know he's going to R out; I know he's going to do something crazy. Everybody wants to know what I would do if I didn't [Music] win. I guess we'll never know.

How do I gain more confidence? It starts with yourself, man. You got to start diving into those things that you are afraid of. You don't gain confidence by going to the spot that makes you feel good; it's could be a false reality. What gives you confidence? Not being afraid; it's overcoming the fear. I used to stutter severely bad, so right now I don't know how many people are going to watch this. You know what gives me confidence is know I—no longer care if I sinners start stuttering to you. Yeah, that's what gives me confidence is facing these things, overcoming them, and maybe not overcoming them every day, but facing them and facing them in the face. I'm pretty s—like this. You know what, man? This is where it's at; it's not in that comfort zone; it's in the discomfort zone. The only thing that you can do is win so big that all of them constantly compare themselves to you, and then you'll forget they exist. Success is the only revenge. He's like, "It's not the best revenge," he's like, "It's the only one." There's no other revenge, 'cause everything else is petty; everything else does show that you were thinking about these people all day long, which means they win by default.

A few weeks ago I was in the gym working out, but this NBA player walks in with this trainer. I can tell by the exercise they were doing he was used to doing just 12 reps, 'cause when the trainer said, "Let's do 15 today," he got a little attitude. It became very clear to me on why he was a warmer. Having that bare minimum attitude will keep you on that bench. It motivated me, though; it was locked in my brain, still there now on how we sounded. It kept me in the gym near two hours. The thing about it is this: it's not just the three reps that he failed to recognize; it's what happens to those three reps that make you better. Never do the bare minimum; stay hard 'cause I want to be great, and you're not. I want to be one of the greatest. People want to know where I find my strength at, where I get my strength. I get it from a lot of places, but right now this morning I'm getting it from—there's not a mother that's up—there's not a car; there's not a person; everybody's in their bed sleeping, dreading that it's a Monday; hate it's a Monday, and I'm loving it. I'm loving that where everybody's getting weaker, I'm getting stronger. It's not about the running, the swimming, the push-ups, the situps; it's about what those things do for your mentality. You don't get better on the daggone couch; you get better by coming out here and getting after it every daggone day.

Connor, in February of 2013, we spoke for the first time. You didn't have a car; you didn't have a pot to piss in; all you had were blueberries. Now here you are with the Undisputed gold. Enjoy it, my friend; you deserve it. You called it. Yeah, from nothing to something to everything, man. Bro, when you really want something, you going to find a way, ultimately. And it might not be today or next year or 5 years or 10 years, but this thing takes priority and precedent over all other things. And even then, in this life, it's not necessarily guaranteed that—that—that you'll get there, but I know what's not guaranteed is you being comfy and getting there; that's not happening. Greatness is not meant for a few chosen people; it's—it's meant for those who persistently pursue their dreams every day and make that choice when they wake up. So um, just a mentality, really. Aspirations uh, come from people that do amazing things, but they're really ordinary people, just waking up every day doing it—um, doing the little things that other people aren't doing. So—so this guy just passed me; he said, "Go just be average today." Some of you just don't understand; some of you been average for so damn long you don't know what it is to do hard work, but there's a lot of you out there who want to be much more than average but just don't know how to do it every single day, the grind, and finds you want the oil, those ears up, so check it out. This is a mindset; maybe it's true, maybe it's not, but there's a mother out there who wants what you have, who wants the position you are, who wants the job you have, who wants the wife that you have or the husband. There's someone out there hungry; it wants everything you can have. Maybe it's true, maybe it's not, but if it is, it's going to be yours, so make that a motivation for you. Stay hard. We're not on this stage just because of talent or ability; we're up here because of 4:00 a.m.; we're up here because of two-a-days; we're five-a-days; we're up here because we had a dream and let nothing stand in our way. If anything tried to bring us down, we used it to make us stronger; we were never satisfied, never finished; we'll never be retired. My high school English teacher, Mr. Fisk, he had this beautiful quote, and—and it read, "Rest at the end, not in the middle," and I took that to heart. I believe there's time for resting at the end, but for me that time is not now. My next dream is to be honored one day for inspiring the next generation of athletes to have a dream, sacrifice for it, and never ever rest in the middle. Why do we fall? [Applause] So that we can learn to pick ourselves up. We will win. Yes, sir, 'cause we will hit all game, sir. We are motivated; we are dedicated; we will win; we are the best on the field.

Could you do me a favor? Stop being scared to be you; stop being you f—what they say; you keep oh, they going—f—what they going to say. Start being you. Listen, before you know, life is going to be, and you want to say to yourself, "I didn't live my life." I'm seeing too many people out here being clones of people that they never met just because they seen them on social media, and they put this whole show on, this whole show, this production of their life is so great that you don't even want to be you, that you abandon yourself. I ain't going to never jump outside of myself and be nobody else; I'm going to be me. Stop being you and stop being anybody else; stop being what's the least amount of sleeve you play the game on. Story where it's like, you know, no one knows about where you went and played the game, and it was so insane for whatever reasons—no sleep; you played the game with zero sleep, zero sleep, zero sleep. It's like, you know, um, kids, you know, Natalia had a certain, you know, health situation, what have you, and you stay up all night, and then uh, you got to go out and perform because fans don't know, teammates don't know, nor do they care, nor should they, that you've been up all night; you got to perform, right? And so um, you just got—you just got to go to work, man. I'm obsessed with finding myself now after—and—and not having to prove anything to anybody other than myself. You see this guy here is staring back at you; yeah, that's your toughest opponent every time you get into the ring; that's who you're going against. I believe that in boxing, and I do believe that in life. My hero—that's who I chase. Now when I was 15 years old, I had a very important person in my life come to me and say, "Who's your hero?" And I said, "I don't know; I got to think about that; give me a couple of weeks." I come back two weeks later; this person comes up and says, "Who's your hero?" I said, "I thought about it; you know who it is?" I said, "It's me in 10 years." So I turned 25; 10 years later, that same person comes to me and goes, "So are you your hero?" And I was like, "Not even close; no, no, no." She said, "Why?" I said, "Because my hero is me at 35." So you see every day, every week, every month, and every year of my life, my hero is always 10 years away. The way I look at it within myself: why not? Why can't I be the MVP of the league? Why can't I be the best player in the league? I don't see why—why—why can't I do that? Be the guy who embraces the ugly, the miserable, um, be the guy who embraces hard work, the grind. Don't be afraid of being hurt; don't be afraid of sacrificing some blood. And there's only two types: winners and losers. Winners don't make excuses when the other side plays the game. Yeah, I—I—he, you know, I heard a quote one time from Vincent Van Gogh that really rang true. He said he has dedicated his life to his art, and he has lost his mind in the process. When I sat and I thought about that, it sounded very familiar. I have given every single thing, every ounce of my life to this craft, to perfecting my craft, and I continue to do so, and in the process I have lost my mind, but in—in—in a good way. To regular society, to people who wake up at 9:00 a.m., who clock out at 5:00 p.m., they would look at me and say, "I've lost my mind," but me, I have found it. Almost tired—14 days, 13 days, whatever the hell it is, don't mean nothing. Tired is only in the mind; you tell yourself you're tired, you're going to be tired. I don't get tired. Emotionless; I am Zen, at peace, ready for war. If you want to be great, want to be bad motherf—ever at which you do, you going to be misunderstood by everybody because you're going to be so obsessed and so driven to get there; that's what it takes; that's a motherf—takes every second of your life. Anybody says balance—yeah, balance is important for a lot of people; it is, but if you want to go to that edge where people do not like you, don't understand you, question everything you do, you—you've arrived when you are misunderstood to the point where people think you're psycho and you're nuts and you're this and that. "Why are you in the gym at 1:00 in the morning? You got through doing an OP for 13, 14 hours at the Ranger school, man, at the gym? What's wrong?" You will never understand what is wrong with me; you're crazy until you're successful; successful, then you're a genius.

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