Silva: ‘I always have to be me’
The great Jack Dempsey famously told a biographer “tell them everything I know, I learned from the losses.” When Anderson Silva…
The great Jack Dempsey famously told a biographer “tell them everything I know, I learned from the losses.”
When Anderson Silva lost to Chris Weidman, there were presumably lessons that could be learned. Silva said the error was a slight technical issue that left him without adequate room to avoid a punch.
Was there anything else, “The Spider” was asked.
There was one more thing: I learned that I have to be myself, Silva told MMAjunkie through a translator. I always have to be me.
From the moment that a fight ends, that fight is in the past, win or lose. Even when I was winning my fights, once it’s over, it’s over. It’s in the past, and you’ve got to look forward. It’s no different with this fight. When it was over, it was over, and now I’m looking forward to the next one.
It’s definitely a big fight. It’s an important fight. It’s something people have been waiting to watch. They want confirmation that Chris is the real deal. But a fight is a fight.
All that changes is the date and the opponent. The octagon is still the same, and the atmosphere is always the same.
I don’t think I have anything to prove to anyone, but I’m very motivated.”