Punch a black belt in the face, he becomes a brown belt. Punch him again, purple.

Always enter like a kitten and leave like a lion. But NEVER enter like a lion and leave like a kitten. Always be humble.

The best way to get a move to work is to make it so uncomfortable that the opponent gives it to you to stop the pain.

If you can not win, make the enemy pay a steep price for victory

There is no reward without sacrifice.

If you want to be a lion, you must train with lions.

Never quit, you have to resist to the utmost. 'Til you drop, like a Samurai

If it were not for me, the Gracies would be selling Bananas in Largo do Machado!

Life is yours, do not let life's problems have other influences on what you believe. See for yourself.

You should be a missile and go and destroy your opponent.

If your opponent is tapping, your technique is good. If he is not tapping, your technique sucks.

I could almost hear the characters inside, murmuring and jostling, impatient for me to open the cover and let them out.

Protect your self-esteem and self-confidence - it is your responsibility!

I entered beauty pageants in much the same spirit most people enter politics - with high ideals and ambitions. Similarly, I had to make some adjustments here and there along the way.

Lord Help the Mister that comes between Me and My Sister.

Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them.

We invent what we love and what we fear.

I am thinking of keeping a diary, not with the intend to publish it, merely to record the facts for the information of God, in case God does not know my version of the facts.

Each human being has his or her own sexual identity and should be able to exercise that identity without guilt as long as they do not force that sexual identity on others.

Just have a Coke or something and watch the boys go past.

Don't die with your music still inside.