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Innovation is very important to me, especially professionally. The alternative, standing pat, leads to complacency, rigidity and eventually failure.

I will repeat a technique until it is mastered, no matter when that will be. One certainty though: it will be.

With discipline, belief, and the right knowledge, we become the best we can be.

Humility is the first rule of martial arts. Either you learn humility quickly, or you leave because your ego can't handle losing repeatedly.

The purpose is to become the best writer in my category (yes, page for page and pound for pound).

Respect your opponent, just make them respect you more.

Some people learn to lose. Others lose and learn.

The more knowledge you get, the more questions you ask. The smarter you get, the more you realize that everything can be possible.

Fear can be a natural ally, a homemade power source ... Staying in the present, fear can only help you.

Don't be afraid to spend money to make money. That's one thing I've never been afraid of ... to invest in myself.

Set your goal and keep moving forward.

If I'm disrespectful to my opponent, how can I respect myself?

With training and self discipline; clear focus and confidence; problems can be overcome and even lead to unexpected gains

Only way to eliminate the element of surprise is to know yourself and now your adversary.

It's OK to get butterfly in your stomach; the key is to learn how to make them fly in formation.

Seeking knowledge is like opening doors. And I know the doors are everywhere.

The only way to ever truly get your confidence and swagger back, I've learned, is to fight for them.

Always pursue your dreams and work hard at it.

A fight is 10% physical and 90% mental.

Innovation keeps me ahead of my competition. It means that my foes must adapt to me, not the other way around.

Train smart at all times and do your best to avoid injury. Training smart is more important than training hard.

No two journeys are alike. Nobody can pretend to know the journey another person takes to achieve his dreams.

I like to think I'm like water that adapts to its surroundings and eventually finds a way in.

You can spend your life watching other people win or beat your name into history.

One of the lessons I learned in all those years practicing karate is that progress only comes in small incremental portions.

Thanks to his willingness to face me, my life takes shape, my path evolves.

It's not the most powerful animal that survives. It's the most efficient.

You think I was born rich? I've worked really hard. You have no idea.

It's not always the strong that survive. It takes brains, guts, tolerance and forward thinking.

One of the important lessons I learned from my parents is always to respect authority figures like teachers.

It's bizarre, a punch in the face hurts less when you win than when you lose.

In fighting, in evolution, in life, efficiency is the key,

It's easy to talk, it's harder to fight.

What happens when you accept and embrace your fear? Fear becomes your weapon.

One of my favorite Japanese proverbs is "Fall down 7 times, stand up 8".

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

I'm always scared when I fight. But that fear is what keeps me more alert and more focused. It's good to have fear.

If you look good, you feel good, and if you feel good, you do good.

It's not always the best team that wins the game it's the team that plays better.

The goal is to avoid mediocrity by being prepared to try something and either failing miserably or triumphing grandly.

The truth is that I didn't start as a winner. When I was a kid, I was just another reject. I started at the bottom. I think all winners do.

It's not about how you are when things go well, what defines you is how you are when you fail from an obstacle.

Watching myself fight, I realize the line between success and failure is so narrow, it's scary.

Pick a goal, make a realistic plan to reach that goal, work through each step of the plan, and repeat.

Nothing really frustrates
me to the point of hatred.
It's not the worth the energy.

I bow to my opponent in praise and thanks. After the fight is a time for humility, acceptance and analysis, no matter the result.

When you pay attention to detail, the big picture will take care of itself.

You always recognize great champions ... how they come back from a loss.

When great depths of unrelenting sorrow are punctuated by great peaks of joy and liberation, the result is delicious.

Fear is the genesis of most of the good things that have occurred in my life. Fear is the beginning of every success I've lived.

Innovation is a discipline not a lottery ... It comes from the combination of two elements within my control: hard work and openmindedness.

It all comes down to confidence: your body can do great things only if it believes it can accomplish them.

A system that works for one person won't be perfect for another ... Individuality is a major part of expanding knowledge.

Everyone is a threat, and anyone can be beat at any given moment. No one is invincible.

I'm not impressed by your performance.

Every little thing you do leads up to a bigger thing.

Innovation, born from true creativity, depends on movement.

I'm the kind of guy who only makes a mistake once, never twice.

Respect is the most important thing. Be respectful toward others and have respect for yourself.

This extends to all things, but you only learn it by losing a few times.

Power is different when you combined it with wisdom. Wisdom allows you to use less power to accomplish more tasks.

Standing still is never a good option. Not in the ring, and not in life ... When you stop moving, you're done.

I'm always at my best when I'm fighting a guy who insults me..questions my integrity; it lights more fire in me.

Efficiency for me is an obsession..It not only helps me get stronger but makes things simpler.

I'm a martial artist, and I don't train because I have a fight; I train because it's my lifestyle, and I'll train every day if I'm not hurt.

A guy that has more knowledge has the advantage.

There's no honour fighting in the street, there is nothing to gain.

My goal is to share all my learning, all of my knowledge, so that other generations of martial arts will benefit.

A true master gives all his knowledge. But only when the student is ready.

The danger is not to set your goal too high and fail to reach it. It's to set your goal too low and reach it

My mentality is that when I go to sleep at night, I'm a better martial artist than when I woke up in the morning.

The only way forward in life is innovation.

Once fear enters your life - it will take you in one of two directions: empowerment or panic.

People who believe in themselves can accomplish almost anything ... all begins with attitude.

Training to become champion is the toughest thing. The fight itself is just a test.

I was a big fan of Jean-Claude Van-Damme growing up, and I always wanted to be a martial artist 'cause of him.

I've come up with my own cure for a closed mind: try it once, and see.

Once I got over my anger and rage from childhood, once I stopped feeling like a victim, I was able to open myself to great sources of learning.

I see the world as a knowledge hardware story, and every day I'm just walking through the aisles.

I think it makes your stronger to admit that you're scared, because you're not scared to say that you're scared.