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

For the choke, there are no "tough guys". With an arm lock he can be tough and resist the pain. With the choke he just passes out, goes to sleep.

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.

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

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.

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