Fighters and martial artists everywhere should listen to or read every Georges St. Pierre interview they can get their hands on.
To hear how he, Greg Jackson, John Danaher (Renzo Gracie top black belt) and the rest of his team dissected B.J. Penn's game and established an almost flawless gameplan is one of the most amazing things I've heard in combat sports. From their observation that B.J.'s "small shoulders" that helped with his superior hand speed would make him vulnerable to a mauling, wrestling sort of pressure that I found more reminiscent of vintage Randy Couture than anything else to their insight that B.J.'s much-heralded hip flexibility also physiologically meant that his "thoracic core" was relatively weak - thus leading to a striking focus on the body rather than at B.J.'s granite chin, it is really a thing a beauty to hear. I can't recommend it highly enough.
More than anything, it reminded me of the virtues of planning, of problem-solving, of testing and retesting. And it extends to the psychological, as well. GSP's point about how he has been helped by his sports psychologist to focus on the things he can control and not those he can't is a total rebuke to B.J.'s mocking of GSP's decision to seek professional help to improve himself mentally, not just physically.
Truly great stuff. Very, very impressive - and inspiring.
