Jiu Jitsu is a mousetrap. The trap does not chase the mouse. But when the mouse grabs the cheese, the trap plays its role.

If you count all fights like everybody else does, including Rickson, who says he has 400 fights; if you count like that, I have a million.

I don't defeat my opponents, they defeat themselves.

You should never have a power, in any area, with the purpose of harming someone.

Jiu Jitsu is a mousetrap. The trap does not chase the mouse. But when the mouse grabs the cheese, the trap plays its role.

The Jiu Jitsu I created was designed to give the weak ones a chance to face the heavy and strong.

I knew I wasn't going to lose and that was based on the fact that I wanted not to lose.