In randori we learn employ the principle of maximum efficiency even when we could easily overpower an opponent.

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

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.

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.

Being spiritual has nothing to do with what you believe and everything to do with your state of consciousness.

Get the big picture! See 2 Believe!

Who think about the end will never become a hero .

My drummer is my favorite drummer in the world, and he also happens to be the funniest person you'll meet.

who burned cigarette holes in their arms protesting the narcotic tobacco haze of Capitalism

Good looks should never become a part of your internal character.

Obviously a deer on the fairway has seen you tee off before and knows that the safest place to be when you play is right down the middle.

We can't impede progress in the name of environmental action that yields little for the environment and even less for our people.. and we should look at the environment as an economic opportunity.

Photosynthetic organisms in the sea yield most of the oxygen in the atmosphere, take up and store vast amounts of carbon dioxide, shape planetary chemistry, and hold the planet steady.

It's changed throughout the years, but at one time I was a really big bubble gum ice cream fan. I'd spit the bubble gum pieces in a cup and then collect them.