“If you lose three or four in a row, people start talking about retirement. They are not used to this sport like they are used to tennis. If you take a look at how many times Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer lost, it's all part of the game. Soccer is no different: teams go through bad times and then rise again.”

Brazilian mixed martial artist

Lyoto Carvalho Machida is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. He competed in the UFC and later in Bellator MMA, and he is known as a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and a former middleweight title challenger. Machida built his reputation in the light heavyweight and middleweight divisions. His career is tied to elite-level competition in mixed martial arts, where he stood out for reaching championship level in more than one weight class.