Johnatha Alves Discusses Stellar Performance At Spyder
Johntha Alves of AOJ shocked the world this past weekend after submitting rising black belt star Masahiro Iwasaki and besting legendary black belt competitor Paulo Miyao at the Spyder Invitational to win the -76kg Championship.
In this interview, the young athelte discusses what it means to take on idols and how to prepare mentality to become the best athlete one can be.
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Key Interview Quotes
"I knew it was going to be a tough fight, but I was ready. I trained the whole year – tough– and I went to the fight the same way I prepared in my training. I did change my training slightly for Masahiro and Paulo, but the mentality is the same.
I was young, a gray belt, blue belt – I was watching these guys then, and now because of Spyder I have the chance to fight against these guys. And now my dream has come true. To become the best athelte, you have you fight the best guys – it doesn't matter if you win or lose."