Fighting Words: Tito Ortiz on Sacrifice

There are lots of sacrifices in becoming a fighter of course, especially an Ultimate Fighter. It’s the hard work … the road work, the lifting, the boxing, the wrestling, the jiu-jitsu. It’s really, really challenging — not going out with your friends. I have friends who are in a rock band Korn, and they go on tour all the time. It seems like every time they go on tour I’m actually in training camp and I can’t go out and hang out with them.

My girlfriend would want to go out and go to the movies or go eat dinner at 7 p.m. — I gotta go train at 7 p.m. I can’t eat dinner. I eat dinner at 10 p.m. or 10:30 p.m. at night. … On the weekends, Saturdays are the days we do our mountain runs and lift weights. I can’t leave the mountain to go have a fun time with my son at Disneyland … because I’m training. I spend time away from my son when I am up at Big Bear. He comes up to visit me once every two or three weeks. I have to sacrifice to make sure I’m in the right shape, the right mindset, so when I step into the Octagon I know I’m ready.–Tito Ortiz talking to the Baltimore Sun

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