Martial Arts Quotes

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.

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.

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

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

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

Karate is for life, not points.

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.

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.

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.

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.

What is true stillness? Stillness in movement.

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.

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

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.

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

Wanting to become stronger than everybody else has no meaning.

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

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

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?

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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 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.

I would be nowhere without martial arts. It's a passion.

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

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

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

Usually action films have a formula: good guy gets in trouble, his wife dies, friends have problems, so he goes to the mountain, learns martial arts, comes back, and kills the bad guy.

You can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' to talk about love.

I always thought martial arts was the most modern choreography we could have right now, and I always wanted to put it to music.

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.

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.

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

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 think Mixed Martial Arts is going to be a huge thing coming up in pro wrestling, and I like to think of myself as one of the first guys to try and implement that into my style.

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

Most martial arts have to do with the mind, ultimately. The ability to be unafraid, to walk away from a fight without fear - that is control.

As a kid, I was always a tomboy, playing sport and doing martial arts. And I'm pretty opinionated - I've never been told that I'm a weak person.

Zen and Buddhism have produced martial arts, because of the Buddhist injunction against weapons.

I'm a street fighter. I'm ready for any kind of mixed martial arts that comes at me.

I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves.