To be a fighter, you have to be passionate. I have so much passion, it's hard to hold it all in. That passion escapes as tears from my eyes, sweat from my pores, blood from my veins.

Some people like to call me cocky or arrogant, but I just think 'how dare you assume I should think less of myself'

One of my mom's best lines is... You're not training to be the best in the world, you're training to be the best in the world on your worst day.

You have to have fear in order to have courage.

Judo taught me that I am capable of anything... I can mentally push past anything and be victorious.

Life is a fight from the minute you take your first breath to the moment you exhale your last.

I'm scared of failure all the time. But not scared enough to stop trying.

Don't doubt, don't stop... The only 2 things that can stop you is to stop working and start doubting.

You have to fight because you can't count on anyone else fighting for you. And you have to fight for people who can't fight for themselves. To get anything of real value, you have to fight for it.

One thing that I learned from judo... Maximum efficiency and minimum effort.

I train to be the best in the world on my worst day

Poor people! No territory invasion can broaden their narrow minds.

There are no separations—only connections. There are no deaths—only transformations.

When you sell a man a book you don’t sell him just 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue—you sell him a whole new life.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

I am not a conservative — neo or paleo. Conservatism is a respectable outlook... I just do not happen to be that animal.

My God, I could raise a family of six children and hold down a full-time job with all the energy I expend on depression!

As a Marine officer in combat, I was responsible for the lives and safety of all the Marines who served with me.

The great thing about the Internet is that it will not abide by the rules.

The bounty of nature is too little for the greedy person.

Peter Townshend shows us it's all right to grow up. There is dignity after rock'n'roll.