– Georges St-Pierre recently spoke with MMAJunkie.com radio, here are the highlights:
On His Goals In MMA: “When I retire, I want to be known as the best fighter in the history of the sport of MMA, pound-for-pound, of all time. To reach that goal (of being the best fighter in history), of course I’m going to have to beat some of the best guys in the sport,” St-Pierre said. “Of course Silva is one of them. B.J. Penn was one of them. But this fight (with Silva) is not written in stone. One of us can lose a fight, and if one of us loses a fight, the interest of the fight will diminish considerably.”
Does He Fear Anyone In MMA?: “I’m not afraid of anybody in the sport,” St-Pierre said. “I think everything is a question of time. It’s all going to be depending on the moment. I think, from what I’ve heard, Anderson Silva wants to fight heavyweight or light heavyweight. He’s getting bigger. I’m getting bigger, too, but he’s getting bigger.”
On Fighting Friends And Teammates: “I would never fight a friend or training partner,” St-Pierre said. “The reason is simple. You can say, ‘Oh, I’m going to play football. I’m going to play hockey. I’m going to play baseball,’ but you can’t say, ‘Oh, I’m going to play fighting.’ It’s not a game. It’s a sport, yeah, but it’s a full-contact sport. The way I fight my so-called friend, if I fight him, it can affect his well-being. Let’s say I’m mounted on top of my friend, and it’s time to land this last big elbow that will probably make a scar in the middle of his forehead and knock him out cold and cause him brain damage, if it’s my friend, I’m going to think twice before I do it.”
On Retiring On Top: “It’s very hard for a boxer or a mixed martial arts fighter to retire on top,” St-Pierre said. “What you need to do is listen to your entourage. When your entourage tells you, ‘Georges, you have beaten everybody. I think you’re on top now. I think if you lose or if you wait a little bit more, maybe you can take a risk to retire on the bottom or affect your well-being’ – when something like that happens to me, when my close friends or people in my entourage start telling me that, I’m going to start thinking about retirement.”
