{"id":68768,"date":"2013-09-10T09:45:09","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T16:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=68768"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:51:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:51:06","slug":"sonnen-its-ok-to-lose-but-underperforming-will-haunt-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/sonnen-its-ok-to-lose-but-underperforming-will-haunt-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonnen: It&#8217;s OK To Lose, But Underperforming Will Haunt You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/chael-sonnen2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55534\" title=\"chael sonnen\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/chael-sonnen2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/chael-sonnen2.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/chael-sonnen2-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/chael-sonnen2-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;It\u2019s a two-man sport and you don\u2019t know who is going to win. We can\u2019t control who is going to win. You can only control how you compete.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs an athlete, you\u2019ll never feel bad about losing, but what you will feel bad about is underperforming. That\u2019s a real thing and it happens a lot when we don\u2019t live up to our potential. And that keeps you up at night and can give you years and years of regret.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt could be a relationship, it could be a homework assignment, or it could be an athletic competition. If you don\u2019t go out and perform to the best of your ability, it will really bother you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBut the wins and losses, one guy is going to get his hand raised. That\u2019s fine. But a lot of times we\u2019ll worry about the outcome and spend so much time thinking, \u2018I have to win, I have to win,\u2019 that we don\u2019t perform.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>UFC superstar, Chael P. Sonnen, recently discussed the side effects of not performing on fight night with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmaweekly.com\/chael-sonnen-says-underperforming-will-haunt-you-more-than-a-loss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAWeekly.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The FOX Sports Commentator and three-time UFC title challenger last saw action against Mauricio &#8216;Shogun&#8217; Rua on Fox sports 1 where he ended the fight via first-round submission.<\/p>\n<p>Sonnen now faces Rashad Evans in the UFC 167 co-main event later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It\u2019s a two-man sport and you don\u2019t know who is going to win. We can\u2019t control who is going to win. You can only control how you compete. \u201cAs an athlete, you\u2019ll never feel bad about losing, but what you will feel bad about is underperforming. 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