We are all fighting something.

A good friend doesn't try to break up a fight. A good friend comes in with a flying kick.

A boxer is like a lion, the greatest predator on land, but you throw him in the shark tank and he's just another meal.

The secret of this sport is, while you're the nail, hang in there, let them hit you, until the day you become the hammer, then you smash them back!

Be brave, be bold and above all be honest, some people will hate you and some will love you but they will all see the real you

My opponent is my teacher, my ego is my enemy.

What is a champion but a guy that didn't quit?... Life is a continuous experience. You only fail by not learning.

There's more philosophy in jiu-jitsu mats than in any Ivy League school in America.

Fighting is the best thing a man can have in his soul.

You can't measure a man by his size. You measure him by the fight he has inside.

People ask if I hate my opponents; I don't. I love them. They are the ones that actually make me bring the best I have.

God is my strength and my defense. When I am weak, he makes me strong. When I am broken, he makes me whole.

Don't curse the darkness - light a candle.

One of the things is my process requires a lot of repetition. I can probably drive people crazy because I'm interested in playing a song twenty times in a row.

Nothing exists but atoms and the void.

There are no globalized, youth-led, grassroots social movements advocating for democratic culture across Muslim-majority societies. There is no equivalent of Al-Qaeda without the terrorism.

Control is an illusion.

What will happen to us?" I asked. "There will always be us," he answered.

All truth and understanding is a result of a divine light which is God Himself.

Learning to be an effective leader is no different than learning to be an effective person. And that's the hard part