Yaroslav Amosov about big sport
Mixed martial arts fighter Yaroslav Amosov spoke about how he came to big sport, as well as about friendship, the power of discipline, self-confidence and attitude to defeat.
“At the age of 15, I started practicing combat sambo. Every guy at that age wants to be able to protect himself and his family. Frankly, it was a strong desire to “run away from the street” that brought me to the sport. More precisely, escape from it. I remember one day I came home and told my stepfather that I wanted to be able to fight. Then he advised me the hall of the Kiev club “Hermes”. This is where I train to this day.”
“Since the training took place in Kiev, I had to go to the capital from Irpen several times a week. At that time, the road could take one and a half to two hours only in one direction. One road. One bus. You get stuck in a traffic jam and stand after a workout for several hours tired and hungry.
After graduating from school, I entered the Irpin Tax Academy and received a law degree. At that time, I did not think that my passion for sports would develop into something more professional. However, until I signed a contract with the American mixed martial arts organization Bellator, I competed without promotion, so everything was in the red.
“Everyone has their own choice and everyone lives as they want. I have already made my choice. I see a goal and I want to move towards it. You see, I am one of those people who are motivated by the result, not its absence. If I succeed in something, I will do my best to be the best.”
“Mistake to win” – a new special project of the main patron of Ukrainian sports Parimatch and the publication Na chasi. As part of the project, representatives of Ukrainian sports talk about what they failed to cope with in their time, and learned life lessons from their failures
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