“Life Is a Team Sport” – Max Holloway Shares a Heartfelt Message on Mental Health

Recently, athletes from various sports have been speaking up about mental health. After all, it affects all aspects of one’s life. However, in a sport like MMA, which imposes high demands on its athletes’ mental and physical health, it becomes more important for the fighters to talk freely about it.

The UFC joined hands with Bell Let’s Talk to spread a much-needed message on mental health. Thus, the promotion shared a video of Max Holloway speaking about mental health.

The fighter urged people to seek help and reach out when in need. Many Twitter users have appreciated Max Holloway for being a part of the initiative.

In the video, Holloway was heard saying, “Make sure you bless yourself. But do not deny help, you know. I know people who deny help. I reach out to people, I ask people stuff and then, they deny, you know. It’s our human nature.”

“Sometimes we do think we can carry on by ourselves. But there is a great saying: If you wanna go fast, you go alone. But if you wanna go far, you go together, you know. Life is a team sport.”

“Don’t be afraid to reach out. And if you reach out to the wrong ones, keep reaching out until you get the right ones.”

The 55-second short video ended with a very important message. “You’re stronger than you know,” said Holloway.

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However, this isn’t the first time ‘Blessed‘ has been a part of this. He had been a part of this conversation in 2021 as well. Apart from him, Israel Adesanya, Cory Sandhagen, Stephen Thompson, and Dominick Reyes too had spoken about mental health last year. They spoke about it from the perspective of being fighters and how they take care of themselves.

MMA fighters who spoke about their mental health

Phil De Fries has previously spoken up about his experience with anxiety. Unfortunately, the heavyweight wasn’t aware of what exactly he was feeling and eventually started drinking. However, he reached out for help when he understood what was happening.

James Gallagher has also spoken about mental health and issues that were specific to MMA fighters. He has experienced anxiety and panic attacks as an MMA fighter.

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