My first coach was my brother Ken. He taught me submission wrestling, the catch-as-catch-can style that he was famous for. Then I trained in Japan with Funaki and Suzuki. Then I learned jiu-jitsu and sambo with Oleg Taktarov and Gokor… — Frank Shamrock Copy Share Image
My first fighting team was my brother, and I learned that I came from a community where your team was your family. We functioned as a unit. You helped as many people as you could, because they would help you. — Frank Shamrock Copy Share Image
Fighting is 90% mental. There are people who run from the fire and there are people that turn around and run to the fire. — Frank Shamrock Copy Share Image
Training, a lot of the time, is just uncomfortable. But discipline is all about doing the thing that's uncomfortable. — Frank Shamrock Copy Share Image
Mixed martial arts chose me. After all the trouble I'd been in, it felt really good fit to find a discipline to train and… — Frank Shamrock Copy Share Image
Fighting is fighting. You close your fist and it's all pretty much the same. — Frank Shamrock Copy Share Image
I speak the truth on what happened to me because it's happening to a lot of people that grow up in displaced and disadvantaged… — Frank Shamrock Copy Share Image
I've always had trouble with long guys because as a shorter guy I have smaller explosive movements and a lot of long guys I… — Frank Shamrock Copy Share Image
I am a professional martial artist, and I am a professional fighter. — Frank Shamrock Copy Share Image
I didn't care about the Pride championship or the Pride tournament. — Frank Shamrock Copy Share Image
When you have harmony in the different areas of your life, with your mind, body, and spirit, you're just so much stronger, especially in… — Frank Shamrock Copy Share Image
