UFC fighter Zabit Magomedsharipov of Russia in an interview with UFC YouTube channel told about how he learned English. A fighter for a long time has been living in the United States in camps, so knowledge of the English language was very important for him.
"I studied English for two months. I was trying to learn words, but what for to learn them, if you do not use them? In America it is not important to speak correctly. You just shouldn't be silent. They will correct you, if so. It's not like in Russia, where if you said something wrong they laugh. In America they are trying to understand you, and to help."