Face your fear, empty yourself, trust your own voice, let go of control, have faith in outcomes, connect with a larger purpose, derive meaning from the struggle.

It is not important to be better than someone else, but to be better than yesterday.

If there is effort, there is always accomplishment.

Nothing under the sun is greater than education. By educating one person and sending him into the society of his generation, we make a contribution extending a hundred generations to come.

The purpose of the study of judo is to perfect yourself and to contribute to society.

To ask may be but a moment's shame, not to ask and remain ignorant is a lifelong shame.

Walk a single path, becoming neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat, without forgetting caution when all is quiet or becoming frightened when danger threatens.

The pine fought the storm and broke. The willow yielded to the wind and snow and did not break. Practice Jiu-Jitsu in just this way.

Carefully observe oneself and one's situation, carefully observe others, and carefully observe one's environment. Consider fully, act decisively.

Walk a single path, become neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat.

Judo helps us to understand that worry is a waste of energy.

Well, banks are the biggest mafia, you know, except for the government of course.

Thought is the organizing factor in man, intersected between the causal primary instincts and the resulting actions.

Yesterday Michael Phelps set an all-time Olympic record for most medals. Phelps has so much gold on his chest he's been asked to join the cast of 'Jersey Shore.'

Leadership is about moving people from where they are to where you hope they'll go.

I'll protect myself by making up all this crazy stuff. It'll be like a little shell. Like an Easter egg shell that's all decorated.

If you do improvising, it can sometimes end up being a waste of time. And if you do that, it's more or less based on a writing process.

Only when one thinks even much more madly than the philosophers can one solve their problems.

With your spirit open and unconstricted, look at things from a high point of view.

I take improv classes. Improv is something I can use in any aspect of life.

I like people who are constantly working hard, more than people who are constantly at their best.