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Quotes from David Belle

Sometimes you have to stop something to really measure the passion that you have, and either you feel like moving, or you don't, and then maybe it's time to stop.
~ David Belle
We shouldn't force ourselves to do something that really is just painful to us. If there is a discrepancy between what we are doing or putting our bodies through and then what our minds are telling us, you really have to look at yourself, and the most essential part of it is the pleasure aspect.
~ David Belle
you don't need any [money] to do [Parkour], just a pair of good shoes and that's all.
~ David Belle
Parkour teaches you to be sure of what you are able to do.
~ David Belle
So if you do acrobatics things on the street with no other goal than showing off, please don't say it's parkour. Acrobatics existed long time ago before parkour.
~ David Belle
If you see in sports at a super high level, people get hurt or have injuries when there isn't that pleasure, the true pleasure of the sport, when they're tired or demoralized or they're not quite focused.
~ David Belle
The evolution of Parkour sort of happens with time and age as you change, and the body has a certain memory of Parkour. There is a sort of thing that remains intrinsic, but then the choreography will adapt to whatever the necessity of each particular film needs.
~ David Belle
Parkour is really a practice of getting to know yourself, what you're able to do, what are your limits. As you train, you start knowing what you can do.
~ David Belle
The Parkour is with me, and it will continue to be with me. It is something that I love, and it's intrinsic to me.
~ David Belle
Parkour belongs to the ones who live it, not the ones who want to live thanks to it.
~ David Belle
Our aim is to take our art to the world and make people understand what it is to move.
~ David Belle
Parkour is not just linear. There are moments that are intense and some that are lesser, so you have to move from one to another, and that becomes the musicality of Parkour.
~ David Belle
Parkour does not have to be liked or disliked! Parkour is here and it will stay here forever! Because it was born from a pure heart and nourished from all the love that a son can give to his father!
~ David Belle