If people say Jeet Kune Do is different from this or from that, then let the name of Jeet Kune Do be wiped out, for that is what it is, just a name. Please don't fuss over it.

In the middle of chaos lies opportunity.

The more relaxed the muscles are, the more energy can flow through the body. Using muscular tensions to try to 'do' the punch or attempting to use brute force to knock someone over will only work to opposite effect.

Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life! Do not be concerned with escaping safely- lay your life before him!!

For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime.

If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you.

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.