Brother Quote by Jimi Manuwa

I was doing judo before anybody knew it existed in this country.

— Charles Durning

I started training judo when I was 5 years old. I didn't know much. My mom just took me and my brother to do…

— Demian Maia

My father is a Japanese Shotokan karate master, so I have been training karate with my family since I was three years old. I…

— Lyoto Machida

I was a judo player as a kid, and I think a lot of the concepts in judo as a kid played over. It…

— Samoa Joe

I was born with natural talent and started fighting when I was 4 years old in judo.

— Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

Both of my parents were judo fighters from the national team. So I've always been around fighters my whole childhood.

— Evan Fournier

I've been training in martial arts since I was a baby running around the school. Everything from wrestling to muay thai. I started wrestling…

— Frank Mir

I got into Taekwondo when I was nine, and I started training Muay Thai and Brazilian Jujitsu later in life.

— Sean Patrick Flanery

I discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate.

— Dolph Lundgren

The mentality that I have now comes from my parents, both of whom were judo fighters and they were very competitive.

— Evan Fournier

I've done judo, I've done Greco, I've done boxing, I've done catch wrestling.

— Liz Carmouche

While other kids were out playing and doing healthy things, I read an ancient judo book with a neck hold that was fatal to…

— Dick Cavett