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

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.

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.

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

For the choke, there are no 'tough guys'