Matthew Polly Quotes

• Because it doesn't take much courage to fight when you still believe you can win. What takes real courage is to keep fighting when all hope is gone.

  Matthew Polly

  Real, Believe, Fighting

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• The rural Chinese in Henan Province mixed alcohol and business like you wouldn’t believe. Perhaps as a result, they also had a charming nationalistic blind spot: they honestly believed they could out-drink everyone else on the planet. As an Irish-American who outweighed them by 50 pounds, I had come to find this both amusing and useful.

  Matthew Polly

  Believe, Blind Spots, Alcohol

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• It is only when a person gets into difficulty that one can truly see his heart.

  Matthew Polly

  Heart, Feelings, Emotion

  Matthew Polly (2007). “American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in theNe w China”, p.20, Penguin

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• A fight forms a powerful and strange bond between men.

  Matthew Polly

  Powerful, Fighting, Men

  Matthew Polly (2011). “Tapped Out: Rear Naked Chokes, the Octagon, and the Last Emperor: An Odyssey in Mixed Martia l Arts”, p.203, Penguin

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• A club hurts the flesh, but evil words hurt the bone.

  Matthew Polly

  Hurt, Evil, Wickedness

  Matthew Polly (2007). “American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in theNe w China”, p.252, Penguin

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