Martial Arts Quotes - Page 10

• I wanted to be a martial arts film star when I was a teenager.

  Chris Daughtry

  Art, Stars, Teenager

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• When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer, you beat cancer by how you live, why you live and in the manner in which you live.

  Stuart Scott

  Death, Courage, Art

  "ESPN Sportscaster Stuart Scott Dies At 49". "All Things Considered" with Arun Rath, www.npr.org. January 4, 2015.

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• Karate is the best thing you can do for your child.

  Chuck Norris

  Graduation, Art, Children

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

  Renzo Gracie

  Teacher, Art, Ego

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• The main thing Karate offers to me is a philosophy of life. The philosophy of Karate is respect and discipline. You give 100% of whatever you do, in every activity.

  Lyoto Machida

  Art, Philosophy, Discipline

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• One training session won't change anything, but 10 will. Perseverance and straight up training.

  Mauricio Rua

  Perseverance, Art, Mma

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• Honour is that which no man can give you and no man can take away.

  Rob Roy MacGregor

  Art, Men, Giving

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• Success isn't always about 'greatness'. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work gains success. Greatness will come.

  Dwayne Johnson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Twitter post from Jun 8, 2012

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• If I have given my all and still do not win, I haven't lost. Others might remember winning or losing; I remember the journey.

  Apolo Ohno

  Positivity, Winning, Journey

  Twitter post from Feb 18, 2010

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• To be your best today, your only goal is to outperform the guy you were yesterday.

  Martyn Rooney

  Art, Yesterday, Goal

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• I think every young child can learn through any martial art. They would then learn to respect their life, respect their parents, respect their country, and respect the whole world.

  Jackie Chan

  Country, Art, Children

  "The Karate Kid - Jackie Chan interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.

  Marabel Morgan

  Sister, Leadership, Perseverance

  Marabel Morgan (1986). “The Electric Woman”

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• Success at anything will always come down to this: focus & effort. And we control both.

  Dwayne Johnson

  Motivational, Success, Focus

  Twitter post from Jul 23, 2012

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• I've trained myself to fight an army, so one guy will not defeat me.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Art, Fighting, Army

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• I've been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old.

  Jet Li

  Art, Years

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• I've always found that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you've got to have that drive and determination to overcome those obstacles on route to whatever it is that you want to accomplish.

  Chuck Norris

  Determination, Accomplish Your Goals, Overcoming

  "The Elephant And The Twig: The Art of Positive Thinking". Book by Geoff Thompson, 2007.

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• Mixed martial arts was invented by Brazilians, whose families had been trained by the Japanese. Those Brazilians came to the U.S., where their invention was bought out, gussied up and presented to the world, which found it good.

  David Mamet

  Art, World, Invention

  "Ultimate fighting: the final frontier" by David Mamet, www.theguardian.com. September 29, 2007.

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• Put Karate into your everyday living, that is how you will see true beauty.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Art, Everyday, True Beauty

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• Some people think a martial artist has to be tough against everybody - that's not true at all. A martial artist has to be strong against bad people. But we must also be able to know and understand the feelings, moods and mentalities of good and bad individuals before we can comprehend when to be strong and when to be gentle.

  Tsutomu Ohshima

  Strong, Artist, Thinking

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• Never fight an inanimate object.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Funny, Life, Witty

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People”, p.189, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.

  John Milton

  Powerful, Military, War

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 648

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• My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures.

  Jet Li

  Children, Believe, Two

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• Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope.

  Jet Li

  Art, Thinking, People

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• I am so happy because I want more people to like martial arts movie not just martial arts audience. Even martial arts can be used in comedy, in drama, in horror movies, in different kinds of movies.

  Jet Li

  Art, Drama, People

  "TalkAsia" with Lorraine Hahn, www.cnn.com. January 29, 2003.

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• A true champion can adapt to anything.

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

  Champion, True Champion

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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