It is not important to be better than someone else, but to be better than yesterday.

Paradoxically, the man who has failed and one who is at the peak of success are in exactly the same position. Each must decide what he will do next, choose the course that will lead him to the future.

Walk a single path, become neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat.

Nothing under the sun is greater than education. By educating one person and sending him into the society of his generation, we make a contribution extending a hundred generations to come.

Apply just the right amount of force — never too much, never too little.

Judo is a study of techniques with which you may kill if you wish to kill, injure if you wish to injure, subdue if you wish to subdue, and, when attacked, defend yourself

Judo is the way to the most effective use of both physical and spiritual strength.