I have the absolute confidence not to be number two, but then I have enough sense to realize that there can be no number one.

Loneliness is only an opportunity to cut adrift and find yourself. In solitude you are least alone.

when one is not expressing himself, he is not free. thus, he begins to struggle and the struggle breeds methodical routine. Soon, he is doing his methodical routine as response rather than responding to what is.

I believe in teaching just a few students, as teaching requires a constant alert observation on each individual in order to establish a direct relationship. A good teacher cannot be fixed in a routine, and many are just that. During teaching, each moment requires a sensitive mind that is constantly changing and constantly adapting.

A martial artist has to take responsibility for himself and accept the consequences of his own doing.

Once I slow down because I think I have reached my peak, then my skills will go nowhere but down

If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow -- you are not understanding yourself.