{"id":87665,"date":"2014-02-25T12:30:09","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T20:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=87665"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:01:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:01:01","slug":"zahabi-gsp-went-too-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/zahabi-gsp-went-too-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Zahabi: &#8216;GSP Went Too Far&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/gsp-getting-sued-for-millions-by-ex-manager-claims-former-rep\/gsp-frownpng\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-75211\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75211\" title=\"gsp frownPNG\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gsp-frownPNG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gsp-frownPNG.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gsp-frownPNG-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gsp-frownPNG-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I think he went too far, too long, and mentally, it\u2019s not feasible. You go home, you get ready for the next workout, and then it\u2019s back to the gym the next day. There\u2019s no balance in your life, and it\u2019s going to weigh on you mentally. It\u2019s a never-ending life of discipline and rushing. There\u2019s no time to enjoy life in his lifestyle.<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u201cYou do it competitively, you\u2019re going to do it to the point where you hate it. You\u2019re going to do it to the point to where you\u2019ve had enough, and there\u2019s still more work to be done, and you have to do it. When you do it for life and for fun and you\u2019ve had enough, you can go home.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u201cI think what Georges did was right. He lives a life of extremes, but you can only do it for a period of time. Nobody\u2019s ever taken it to that extreme. It\u2019s a question of will; you can\u2019t force that on somebody. 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