It was only after he won his most recent fight that Donald Cerrone admitted how close he’d come to retiring, and for a reason that few fighters ever discuss. According to “Cowboy” Cerrone, he’d gotten too comfortable. As he said in post-fight quotes distributed by the UFC, “Money starts to come and people start to recognize you, and the drive slips. I always told myself that wouldn’t happen to me, but it did.” Which, when you think about it, is kind of a serious conundrum for a pro fighter. If the goal is to win fights, make money and get famous, and if doing those things makes you complacent to the point where it harms your ability to keep doing them, you’ve got yourself a vicious cycle. Success breeds complacency, which breeds failure, which breeds a renewed hunger for success, which breeds complacency.
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How hungry is hungry enough? Donald Cerrone, who nearly retired, explains – MMA Junkie