“As most of you know my wife and I had our baby girl on the 24th. Lani was due the 11th and was induced on the 22nd and had a long labor. Alexia Carwin (Lexi) was born at 0024 on the 24th. I was back training on the 25th.”
… “My boss actually got on me this week for looking half dead at work and not being on it. With the new baby, training and working I am really under a ton of pressure. This is the biggest fight of my life, the longest training camp of my life and I am trying to be a good father and husband to my wife.”
“You know they say you are never given more then you could carry in life. I can say I have had days where I question that theory.”
“This fight with Frank is my career balled up into 25 minutes. If I beat Frank I answer questions about who I am and what I can do in this sport. If I don’t I am just another heavyweight in a sea of great fighters. I know when I wake up in the morning and I can barely walk out the door to start my morning run that I am giving it 100% of my effort.”
“That is all you can control in life, giving 100%. I train and live like each fight may be my last and to move ahead I have to make a statement.”
“Thank you to the supporters and fans that will tune in to watch this fight. Win or Loose I guarantee you I will be ready for a war. I have trained harder then I have before, I have sacrificed my mind and body for this opportunity and honestly I can’t wait to release this built up pressure and aggression on Frank.”
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— Shane Carwin also talks about his full-time engineer job after the jump.
“I love my job. I was raised my a single mom who worked her ass off to provide for my brothers and I. She said “Being a man is about taking care of the important things in life, provide for your family, then sports”. So I have and will always be a guy who works.”
“That being said it is not a 9-5 punch the clock type of job. My boss is usually very flexible as long as I get my work done.”
“I train 4-6 hours a day 6 days a week.”
“No disrespect taken. The sport is not my job, I fight because I love to fight. If it ever became a job I might not want to do it.”
“Like I said I do not punch a time clock. I needed a few weeks off I took it, I need to train longer I do.”
“If anyone suffers it is me. That being said no fighter lives this sport 24 hours a day. When they are done training (the same time I am) they go hang out with friends, party, play xbox, or chill. I go to my office where I work on my hydraulic models making sure water is getting where it needs to go.”
“My job is not a distraction.”
“Not to mention I have a 9 year old boy that is very impressionable. He has suffered with me when the NFL teams stopped calling and I was told I would not be able to compete anymore. He is the main reason I do this. I want him to know that you can do great things in life but your values need to be in line.”
“Family
Country
Faith
Job
Sports”