Jones: ‘I don’t really know anything’
Jon Jones, whose goals extend to elevating the entire sport to the mainstream, discussed why is not invincible at the…
Jon Jones, whose goals extend to elevating the entire sport to the mainstream, discussed why is not invincible at the UFC 140 press conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canad.
“Tthe reason why I know I’m not invincible is because I have seen lots of people do great and then they end up losing you know? I want that to never happen to me, so I stay on the prowl and I always work hard.
“The biggest part is training with Greg Jackson and Jackson’s mixed martial arts center. I am surrounded by some of the top talent in the world. You guys just saw Diego Brandao and John Dodson win The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) and those are just the little guys. Our whole team is stacked with studs; Cowboy, Carlos Condit, Diego Sanchez, Andrei Arlovski, Travis Browne, Keith Jardine and myself, there is so many of us that I can’t’ even name us all, Cub Swanson. I can keep going.
“I am four years into my MMA career and there is so much that I don’t know. Jiu-Jitsu is a whole culture, Tae Kwon Do is a whole culture, Muay-Thai is a whole culture, boxing, the sweet science, I’m not even close to that yet. There is so much that I don’t know and there is so much stuff that my teammates are way better than me at. I just happen to be one of the better ones at merging them all together, but I have teammates that are so much farther ahead at different disciplines and that is what keeps me aware of the fact that I don’t really know anything.
“A lot of times people will come in and see me do pads and they will be like, “Wow his pad work isn’t really that nice.” Well, that’s because there are better kickboxers on my team, and there is way better everything on my team. Being around Jacksons MMA makes me realize that I am good at mixing it all together, but I am not the best at any discipline.”