Quotes About Martial arts

I've been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old.

I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. Three years later I got my first championship in China.

I didn't go to normal children school. I went to sports school when I was 8. So I studied martial arts.

The Destructive Arts are exactly like Martial Arts, except they don't have uniforms or usefulness and the end result doesn't resemble art in any way.

I've been in martial arts more than 20 years; I've seen fighters who barely have a professional fight say they're the best in the world. I've seen many people use these words. At the end of the day, that doesn't matter. What matters is when the door closes and everyone clearly sees who deserves or does not deserve something.

I thought, 'If I can create a business to promote martial arts, that'd sure be a lot of fun.'

As a martial arts promoter and as a fan of martial arts, you go, 'What would happen if this guy fought this guy?'

My background in promoting martial arts started in 1985 when we were doing PK Karate, which was on ESPN. Fast forward to when mixed martial arts became legal in California. I made the jump to MMA and never looked back.

Gracie jiu-jitsu proved to be the best.

I am a fan of wuxia.

My favorite fighter is Anderson Silva.

I never wanted to be an actress. I am a martial arts fighter.

A fighter has to be prepared for anyone, to train every day. That's what I learned at Chute Boxe.

Anybody that was from the old Pride days is a fighter.

People always want to see who's the best fighter in the world.

I like Fedor. I like him because Fedor never talk too much before the fight, has a lot of respect for fighters. I like Fedor.

UFC have the best fighters.

Gracie is not a family, it's a factory of fighters.

Every time the Octagon door closes everything that is written on paper doesn't matter, it depends on who does a better job. It's two fighters; they have legs, they have elbows and they have feet.

Scott Coker's a martial artist. He's an honest guy. If you ask him to do something he'll do it, or else he'll tell you why he can't do it. That's what fighters need.

I'm really good with fighting with my feet.

Demian Maia, I love the way he fights.

I love hand-to-hand, and I love putting on these fights; that's the background I come from.

I started very young... I learned my martial arts first in the street. There were always fights. That's the culture in Brazil.