The happiness that is derived from excitement is like a brilliant fire- soon it will go out.

Low aim, not failure, is the crime.

Remember, you are expressing the techniques and not doing the techniques.

I think of myself as a human being.

All martial art is simply an honest expression of one's body — with a lot of deception in between.

Endurance is lost rapidly if one ceases to work at its maximum.

I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves. It is futile to argue as to which leaf, which design of branches, or which attractive flower you like; when you understand the root, you understand all its blossoming.