To generate great power you must first totally relax and gather your strength, and then concentrate your mind and all your strength on hitting your target.

When you lose your temper, you lose yourself—on the mat as well as in life.

When a problem arises, don't fight with it or try to deny it. Accept and acknowledge it. Be patient in seeking a solution or opening, and then fully commit yourself to the resolution you think advisable.

To generate great power you must first totally relax and gather your strength, and then concentrate your mind and all your strength on hitting your target.

Only after several years of training did I come to realize that the deepest purpose of the martial arts is to serve as a vehicle for personal spiritual development.

When one eye is fixed upon your destination, there is only one eye left with which to find the Way.

One of the first lessons one learns is that the mind is a powerful factor in everything you do, including those exercises that seem to require a maximum of physical strength.