Matthew Polly

“[...] it doesn't take much courage to fight when you still believe you can win. What takes real courage is to keep…

— Matthew Polly

A fight forms a powerful and strange bond between men.

— Matthew Polly

“When you are the only laowai in a village of 10,000 Chinese martial artists and you've sat through several dozen films where…

— Matthew Polly

It is only when a person gets into difficulty that one can truly see his heart.

— Matthew Polly

“It is difficult for my fellow countrymen who have never lived abroad to understand that until a foreign man is about sixty-five,…

— Matthew Polly

“[...] The monks sped up the process up for us laowai who have less time, less patience for basics, and a greater…

— Matthew Polly

The rural Chinese in Henan Province mixed alcohol and business like you wouldn’t believe. Perhaps as a result, they also had a…

— Matthew Polly

“A club hurts the flesh, but evil words hurt the bone. -Traditional Chinese Proverb”

— Matthew Polly

“The sayers do not know and the knowers do not say.”

— Matthew Polly

A club hurts the flesh, but evil words hurt the bone.

— Matthew Polly

“This was not uncommon in government-run operations, where a request that someone do their job often induced a catatonic state that might…

— Matthew Polly

“Only those who have tasted the bitterest of the bitter can become people who stand out among others. -Guanchang Xianxing Ji”

— Matthew Polly

Because it doesn't take much courage to fight when you still believe you can win. What takes real courage is to keep…

— Matthew Polly