I don't know if you're familiar with the old adage, "The mark of a champion is making the impossible look easy." My dad always used to put it like this:
When you get to the end zone, make sure you look like you've been there before.
A good fighter wins and looks like he's fought a war to do it. A GREAT fighter wins and looks like he never broke a sweat. Michael Jordan wasn't the biggest guy on a basketball court, nor the strongest or the fastest. But he was always where he needed to be and he exuded calm. Same with Bruce Lee. When he fought, it was about "becoming a doll made of wood" no matter how much he talked about "Don't think! Feeeeel."
I think a fighter reaches a true evolution when he can settle down and fight intellectually. Maybe not a lot of people get there, which is why so many still make mean faces and grunt and growl and try to look intimidating. But still, if you DO get there, you're a badass evermore.
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