If today you have nothing to be happy about, thank God for the potential of tomorrow.

If you do not speak up when it matters, when would it matter that you speak? The opposite of courage is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.

If you believe, then you have already taken the first step towards your achievement.

If size mattered, the elephant would be king of the jungle.

Jiu-jitsu puts you completely in the moment, where you must have a complete focus on finding a solution to the problem. This trains the mind to build that focus, to increase your awareness, your capacity to solve problems.

Boxer guys are very tough and they play a very tough game, but its a game. Karate guys, tae kwon doe guys, kickboxers or judo guys, they are very tough guys and a lot of heart and a lot of training, but its very specifically as a sport. It's not a fight. A fight is everything goes.

Sometimes, you don't have to win, you cannot win. but that has nothing to do with losing.