GSP: ‘I don’t fight with my anger; I fight with my art’
The champion is afraid — and admits as much. Despite all his success inside the Octagon, St. Pierre (20-2-0) will…
The champion is afraid — and admits as much.
Despite all his success inside the Octagon, St. Pierre (20-2-0) will step into the cage Saturday at Bell Centre a nervous man. He faces a tough opponent in Koscheck, whom he knows has the skill and determination to dethrone him.
It would be a mistake, however, to assume that St. Pierre’s fear is a sign of weakness; the champion surely doesn’t. St. Pierre views it as a key element to his fighting success.
“I don’t hide that I’m nervous, that I’m scared,” St. Pierre told ESPN.com. “But I’m at my best when I have that feeling. I embrace it.”
While St. Pierre openly embraces his fears before every fight, he doesn’t see the same from Koscheck.
“Josh Koscheck doesn’t embrace it,” St. Pierre said. “He’s not like me.”
Anger is the one emotion St. Pierre refuses to carry into a fight.
“I don’t fight with my anger; I fight with my art,” St. Pierre said. “If you fight with your anger sometimes you make mistakes, and that’s exactly what Josh Koscheck wants me to do.
“He knows he can’t match my skills, so he’s trying to distract me by saying those things and hope that I make a mistake. I’m not going to fall into that game.”