Always be able to kill your students

When weak or injured always continue training as you should always be able to adapt in any condition.

Forget your sadness, anger, grudges and hatred. Let them pass like smoke caught in a breeze. Do not indulge yourself in such feelings.

The first priority to the ninja is to win without fighting.

Learning a technique is not an end in itself, it merely indicates where you need to start.

Any place we can breathe, we can do Ninjutsu.

No more talk. I'm sick of people talking. Train.

You've got to learn to utilize the space (between you and your opponent). Distancing is very important.

You are not punching them; it is your going into kamae that punches them.

Nature is your friend; it helps you to win. Your enemy will have unnatural movement, therefore you will be able to know what he is going to do before he does it.

If you do something and it saves your life, it was good taijutsu. In a real fight, you aren't worried about what's pretty.

Now and then it is okay to get lost to find yourself in a new way.

Even while in the midst of failures, focus on your future victories.

I.Don't trace out your profile--forget your side view--all that is outer stuff.II.Look for your other halfwho walks always next to youand tends to be who you aren't.

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.

At times, the most dangerous politicians have been those impelled by dreams and ideals, rather than basic realities.

Every coach should be recording games to watch...use your VCR.

If someone breaks your heart, just punch them in the face. Seriously. Punch them in the face and go get some ice cream.

If thou canst see sharp, look and judge wisely, says the philosopher.

Most good media come out of somebody saying, 'This should exist; this is something I want to read.

Strip your psyche to the bare bones of spontaneous process, and you give yourself one chance in a thousand to make the Pass.