Martial arts Quotes · Page 24

There's so many positive things that you can take from training martial arts, not only fitness-wise but it's also mentally challenging.

— Dan Hooker

A lot of wrestlers get guys to the ground in a mixed martial arts fight and think that's it. But no, we…

— Bob Sapp

This is mixed martial arts, so it's important to work on all facets of your game, whether it's striking, wrestling, Jiu-Jitsu, whatever.

— The Korean Zombie

Zen and Buddhism have produced martial arts, because of the Buddhist injunction against weapons.

— Frederick Lenz

Making a martial arts film in English to me is the same as John Wayne speaking Chinese in a western.

— Ang Lee

“I want to learn martial arts, so when I want to kill someone, I can do something about it”

— Neil Strauss

Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better.

— Bruce Lee

More entertainers should come forward to support sports. I'd love to see Akshay Kumar in a film on Indian martial arts.

— Sangram Singh

I had a few months of physical prep where I was training six hours a day - I was doing an hour…

— Esme Creed-Miles

Initially I was very drawn to the Tao Te Ching, the Taoist philosophy. It was helping me deal with the balance of…

— Joshua Waitzkin

Spiritual life can certainly follow the pattern one sees in the fake martial arts, with most teachers making nebulous and magical claims…

— Sam Harris

“We need to remember that the primary goal of Aikido is harmony and good relations between people. If we don't cultivate a…

— Linda Holiday

To be bound by traditional martial art style or styles is the way of the mindless, enslaved martial artist. But to be…

— Bruce Lee

My father was a very tough guy with me and my brothers. He wanted to teach us a lot of discipline and…

— Lyoto Machida

I'm kind of like a middle mix between a warrior diet and a Paleo diet, so I only eat once a day…

— Ronda Rousey

It wasn't until I went to Korea out of high school and got exposed to the martial arts for the first time…

— Chuck Norris

All martial art is simply an honest expression of one's body — with a lot of deception in between.

— Bruce Lee

I love doing action; I love doing martial arts. There's almost something balletic about it.

— Michelle Ryan

As a kid, I was heavily into martial arts and wanted to be the next Jean-Claude Van Damme.

— Chris Daughtry

I thought martial arts was going to help me with my movies and TV stuff, but I realized it would not.

— Bas Rutten

A teacher is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find…

— Bruce Lee

The main reason I like UFC is not just the martial arts aspect, but it's about one person against the other person.…

— Donnie Yen

When you're doing something like wrestling - wrestling is one of the toughest and hardest martial arts to learn - but it's…

— Kamaru Usman

I've always been interested in the sport even as a young kid. I liked the sport of martial arts because I loved…

— Brad Tavares

If you think, you are late. If you are late, you use strength. If you use strength you get tired. And if…

— Saulo Ribeiro

I grew up doing martial arts, and I love martial arts movies and fight scenes. I'm pretty athletic, so I enjoy doing…

— Aaron Yoo

I was just a very shy kid that needed something to do. And I wanted to practice some kind of martial arts…

— Aspen Ladd

The goal of all your hard work should be to make your reality everyone else's fantasy land.

— Martyn Rooney

Most of the martial arts techniques go in waves of popularity and usefulness, but they all work.

— Frank Shamrock

Mixed martial arts has small windows of opportunity and there's always new faces coming through, so it's easy to forget you.

— Jimi Manuwa

I'm a mixed martial arts fighter. But at the end of the day, all experience will help. And experience I got from…

— Valentina Shevchenko

I know what martial arts have done for me. They've taught me integrity, self-control, perseverance and an indomitable spirit.

— Stephen Thompson

My whole life, I've been training for something, whether it be baseball or football or wrestling or martial arts.

— Chuck Liddell

I have a lot of guy friends, from martial arts and film, and soccer. I actually barely know women.

— Lexi Alexander

When you're doing martial arts, you feel like you can master certain skills and be so much more in control of who…

— Milla Jovovich

If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like…

— Bruce Lee

Even today, I dare not say that I have reached a state of achievement. I'm still learning, for learning is boundless.

— Bruce Lee

Success isn't always about 'greatness'. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work gains success. Greatness will come.

— Dwayne Johnson

I try to update my arsenal constantly. Learning different martial arts since childhood. To understand what's out there. To really be in…

— Donnie Yen

“Aikido means the oneness of the way of the spirit, of being at one with the life force. (Page 17).”

— Sadami Yamada