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

A real jiu-jitsu fighter does not go around beating people down. Our defense is made to neutralize aggression.

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

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

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.

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