Motivation is one of the things absolutely necessary in order to move the world. With stories of struggles hiding at every nook and corner, it often becomes difficult for people to find the right words for motivation. Sometimes, all it takes is just a few words and some action to inspire the entire world. Without a doubt, Israel Adesanya has seemingly learned the art of motivation.

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‘The Last Stylebender’ recently shared a video on his Instagram story where a speaker was talking about Tiger Woods. He narrated a story where the golf star won over the world even after starting with one of the worst shots of the day. However, Woods’ story wasn’t the only motivation he needed. Previously, he also quoted Muhammad Ali before his victory over Alex Pereira.

Israel Adesanya inspired by Tiger Woods’ story

Adesanya has always followed stories that motivate. He seemed to stumble upon a video where a speaker was narrating one of Woods’ plays and shared it on Instagram story. He talked about a game where Woods didn’t begin well, but soon the gameplay turned out to be one of the greatest moments in the history of golf.

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The speaker said, “The shot before was one of his worst shots of the day. He overshot the green. He shanked the ball. He’s totally messed up. But that mess up created one of the greatest moments in golf history. Are you following what I’m saying here? Sometimes, right before the great thing that God is going to do, it seems like everything is falling apart. But what created that great moment? It was a disaster right before it. And God works through disasters, people. He brings us through storms.”

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The caption below the video reads, “You gotta go through the storm and pain to feel the sunshine again and again.” It seemed as if the UFC middleweight champion was greatly inspired by the speech. 

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Adesanya quoted Ali for inspiration

Prior to his fight against Pereira, the Nigerian warrior took to Twitter and shared a few words of motivation. ‘Stylebender’ seemingly needed a high dose of inspiration to fight the ‘Poatan’. Without a doubt, the fighter looked for strength in the quotes of Muhammad Ali

He wrote, “He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.” Apparently, Adesanya was deeply moved by the quote and went out to secure a phenomenal win over his Brazilian rival.

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Krushna Pattnaik is a Olympic Sports writer at EssentiallySports, where he has spent the past three years covering prediction pieces, live event assignments, and beat reports with ease. Now a Senior Writer, he honed his editorial skills through our in-house Journalistic Excellence Program. Krushna briefly contributed to the ES YouTube team before returning to MMA reporting full-time. With five years of training in Jiu-Jitsu, kickboxing, and taekwondo, he brings a practitioner’s perspective to his breakdowns of complex fight sequences. His medical background adds further authority to his stories on injury updates, medical suspensions, and anti-doping issues. His storytelling has earned external recognition, including a nod from Conor McGregor himself. One of his pieces was also featured on Brendan Schaub’s podcast.

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