Martial Quotes

Beware of the anger of the mouth. Master your words. Let them serve truth.

The main reason I like UFC is not just the martial arts aspect, but it's about one person against the other person. It's about being able to test yourself with the truth.

To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself.

Martial arts have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.

I only want my work to make people happy.

Having only wisdom and talent is the lowest tier of usefulness.

The true martial artist yields to the weak, while withstanding the strong.

I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. Three years later I got my first championship in China.

The knowledge and skills you have achieved are meant to be forgotten so you can float comfortably in emptiness, without obstruction.

The kickboxing and the martial arts is so fun. It's like anything in school. You're not going to retain information unless you're interested in it.

It's not what you're going to take from martial arts, it's what you have to give to martial arts

Rather than go to the gym, I would prefer to do martial arts because the time goes by quicker

I see martial arts as moving forms of meditation. When you're sparring or drilling techniques, you can't think of anything else.

I think the most important is when I was young, I learnt martial arts; that is my special key.

Karate is for life, not points.

Everybody's beatable. Mixed martial arts, there's many ways to win, and that also means there are many ways to lose, as well.

A large part of my life revolves around my dad. Sometimes, I even feel a strong sense of connection, something very tangible when I learn something new in the martial arts.

Look at every action movie in Hollywood. Every leading man from Spider-Man to Batman to James Bond, 'Bourne Identity', every one of them possesses martial arts skills.

I want to use every second of my life, every time that I have in my life, to make me a better fighter. That's why I'm a martial artist. For me, it's more than a job - it's a way of living

What is true stillness? Stillness in movement.

Train hard, get good coaching and don't forget that its mixed martial arts. Don't get tied into one style of fighting and focus on multiple disciplines.

Most people say I look mean, and because I play so many tough roles and because of my size and my martial arts background, they think I am, but I'm really not.

I was very sickly as a kid and had a lot of allergies, so martial arts gave me the chance to feel strong.

It is important that karate can be practiced by the young and old, men and women alike.

Never depart from the way of martial arts.

Wanting to become stronger than everybody else has no meaning.

When you really get technique... there is no strength that will stop you.

Martial arts has been a way of life for me since I was a young kid. It created a discipline and respect for everything. Martial arts has just made me a better person. It's a way of life.

I play drums and guitar, I snowboard, I do martial arts and acrobatics. I go to the movies every Friday.

Martial arts is not for hurting people, it's for protecting people.

A punch should stay like a treasure in the sleeve. It should not be used indiscrimately.

... but to remain historically accurate, I would have had to leave out an important question that I felt needed to be addressed, which is, 'What if Jesus had known kung fu?

Success is taking what you know, and creating the best you that you can be.

When I was a teenager, my dad used to put a lot of pressure on me to be successful, and I'd really beat myself up about things like losing martial arts competitions.

I discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate, and I became quite good at it, because I had something to prove. And more than anything, I needed to feel safe.

When you have a background in combat sports, people think you're this martial arts expert, but really I'm just a guy who is able to do certain things without making a mess of himself.

One of the aims of Budo is the suppression of fears.

I do practice martial arts, more as a recreational thing, but a lot of my friends have been heavyweight champions the in mixed martial arts world.

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

Mixed Martial Arts is wonderful to watch, it is very practical but dangerous at the same time. You have to be very careful when doing something like that.

Martial arts has just made me a better person. It's a way of life.

Best fight ever in a movie: 'They Live.' I want to do a martial arts version of that, where you think it's ended, and it just keeps on going. I love that fight. It was funny as well. Unexpected.

The very essence of martial arts is the thirst for knowledge and the truth about ourselves.

A true martial artist, in my books anyways, is someone who is going to do the right thing and lead by example.

I know that one of the distinguishing things was I looked like I could hold a gun, even though I'd never held one before and I'm physically able to do the martial arts and all that stuff.

I don't think I'm in any position to call myself a martial artist. I'm a student of the martial arts.

I come from a martial arts background so kicking and punching and using your hands and your feet is more of the art that I was taught.

When you're dead weight, in the right position, you win. And in reality, you wouldn't see someone my size kicking seven martial arts experts and winning.

Kempo is for the street first; everything else is secondary.

Ninja Turtles taught me how to meditate. They got me into martial arts. They helped make me who I am today.