Favorite Quotes from Class

Sometimes instructors or fellow students say things that motivate you to work harder or say things that are just plain funny. Submit your favorite quotes by filling out the form below.

Quotes

"They say you only live once, if you live like me, once is plenty"
Mark Morreale

"The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in battle."
U.S. Navy Seals

"You'll know you're really good when you don't have to show it!"
Unknown (submitted by Lebawoth)

"Think of the frog. With its legs hanging out of the storks mouth and with it hand around the storks throat.

NEVER GIVE UP!"
Poster (submitted by Kyle)

"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"
Joe Hyams (submitted by Ryan)

"WINNERS are made when nobody is Watching!"
Unknown (submitted by Christen)

"To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to understand all things."
A great Zen master (submitted by Nichole)

"Success is the journey, not the destination."
Bruce Lee (submitted by Gena)

"The consiousness of self is the greatest hidrance to the proper execution of all physical action."
Bruce Lee (submitted by Mika)

"Guts, ambition and nerves of steel, that's what little girls are made of"
Unknown (submitted by Chloe)

"One Mind Any Weapon...."
USMC Martial Arts Instructor (submitted by Vanessa)

"Be sure to tell them that it was a GIRL who beat you!"
Unknown (submitted by Christen)

"When two opponents of equal stregnth and technique fight it off: it is what is in their heart, and how they use their mind, that will decide who will win."
Bruce Hyland - National Aust. Karate Fed. Coach (submitted by Leon)

"Let your opponent graze your skin as you smash into his flesh. Let him smash into your flesh while you break his bones. Let him break your bones as you take his life."
Bruce Lee (submitted by Ryan)

"They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards."
General Creighton W. Abrams (submitted by Naimusha)

"Do not fear pain, for as long as you feel it you know u are still
alive"
Naimusha

"Ki, is the spiritual energy, it can be used at a humans own will.
And if used it can greatly help in thought, deed and battle"

"Water is the softess of all eliments, yet it can pears the strongest
of rock"

"Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the
bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind"

"Don't think, feel. Its like a finger pointing away at the moon.
Don't concentrate on the figure, Or you'll miss the hevenly glow"
Bruce Lee (submitted by Kaijin)

"I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my cheif
duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble."
Hellen Keller (submitted by Matt Seago, Shodan)

"It's all or nothing there is no in between!"
Gohan (submitted by Kimmicko)

"If you dont attack then you have no chance of winning"
Sophia's Dad (and instructor)

"Its not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight
in the dog!"
Unknown (said by the Mesilla Valley Judo Club of New Mexico State University)

"Prove yourself, take your chances win or loser."
Jon Anderson, lead singer of Yes

"Training deals not with an object, but with the human spirit and
human emotions."Liberating truth is a reality only in so far as it is experienced and lived by the individual himself; it is a truth that transcends styles or disciplines"

"It doesn't matter what you are, who you are, how you are built, how you
are structured, how you are made. You just go in there and be that product.
And that, to me, is not right."

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do."

"Not being tense but ready. Not thinking but not dreaming. Not being set but flexible. Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement. It is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come. "
Bruce Lee (Submitted by Shilpa)

"Karate is about discipline and the first discipline is showing up for class. "
NAPMA (Submitted by Wayne)

"Harder faster quicker move mount guard throw lock choke punch kick "
Ben Wallace

"The more relaxed you are the faster you will be "
Bruce Lee (Submitted by Ben)

"Talent knows what to do, tact knows what and how to do it! "
Anonymous (Submitted by Shilpa)

"Think of Karate as you would art. Anyone can trace a picture, but it is when you can create your own that you become an artist."
Shuri-te Instructor (Submitted by Shali)

"Pain is weakness leaving your body."
Enson Inoue (Submitted by Phil)

"Boards don't hit back. "
Bruce Lee (Submitted by Caity)

"Thank you, ma'am."
Elm, my sensei, in his best Mickey Mouse voice after our sparring match. (Submitted by Jenni)

"No, try not. Do, or do not. There is no try."
Yoda, Jedi Master (Submitted by George)

"The only reason you should miss class is if your going to a funeral, and it's your own. "
Chirstine's Instructor

"True winners do not do different things, they do things differently! "
Shiv Khera (submitted by Shilpa)

"Bring it on!(Said while in an instructors head lock)"
Tara M. (GeckoKenpo's sister when they were only orange belts)

"Concentrate on the moment. Feel don't think."
Qui-Gon Jinn, Jedi Master

"The more you sweat in class the less you bleed in combat. "
- Tim Henry 6th dan Ju jitsu

"Pain,i don't know the meaning of the word press ups are your friend"
- Tasha's Tang Soo Do Instructor

"Pain is your friend. It tells you you're losing so fight harder "
- Some Movie (submitted by Erin)

"Nobody's Quitting! You can rest when you get home!"
"Full Speed and Power!"
- The Webmistress' Kenpo Instructor

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