Usually, a well thought answer makes an aggressor think twice.

Always assume that your opponent is going to be bigger, stronger and faster than you; so that you learn to rely on technique, timing and leverage rather than brute strength

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 created a flag from the sport's dignity. I oversee the name of my family with affection, steady nerves and blood.

Jiu-jitsu is personal efficiency to protect the weaker, which anyone can do. It is the force of leverage against brute force.

For the choke, there are no 'tough guys'

Jiu-Jitsu is like a philosophy. It helps me learn how to face life.