29.  Some hardheaded fighters have a tendency to refuse to listen to their trainers and allow their egos to dictate their actions, instead of following directions. Sometimes, a fighter may be his own trainer or finds himself the victim of a poor trainer. In such cases, he must not fall into the trap of allowing his ego to override the importance of sticking to his strategy.
30.  Besides failing to be in outstanding physical shape, the greatest mistake any fighter makes is allowing his opponent to become set. If you can master controlling your opponent’s set-point and maintaining your distance of advantage, then you should be able to beat ninety-percent of all the fighters in your sport.
31.  Avoid taking chances by being cute and doing the ridiculous, without either knowing or sticking to the fundamentals.
32.  Some fighters may become mentally lazy by holding back and not letting their techniques go. A fighter must, by reflex, and not by just a reaction involving thought, be able to fire the moment his opponent is in range. This is another example of a combination of a mental and physical mistake. This habit comes from a lack of sparring, being out of shape, a lack of using a strategy and a lack of practicing impulsive-reaction sparring drills.
