Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.

Awareness is without choice, without demand, without anxiety; in that state of mind, there is perception.

To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself. Now, it is very difficult to do. It has always been very easy for me to put on a show and be cocky, and be flooded with a cocky feeling and feel pretty cool and all that. I can make all kinds of phoney things. Blinded by it. Or I can show some really fancy movement. But to experience oneself honestly, not lying to oneself, and to express myself honestly, now that is very hard to do.

I have always been a martial artist by choice, an actor by profession, but above all, am actualising myself to be an artist of life.

To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.

Its like a finger pointing away to the moon. Dont concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.

It's the law of averages: put in more, come out with more.