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

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

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

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

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

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.

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