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"In Jiu Jitsu, we often fall into the trap of simply trying a technique "harder," rather than recognizing that it is a poorly chosen tool for the task at hand."
"The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter."
"Your progress as a Jiu Jitsu practitioner is a direct reflection of the standards you have for yourself."
"It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling."
"Any advanced student will tell you the best way to recover guard is simply not to get your guard passed in the first place."
"Cricket must be proud, "I played by Sachin Tendulkar"."
"Football has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words it is war minus the shooting."
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"Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got."
"While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course."
"Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around."
"Leadership is diving for a loose ball, getting the crowd involved, getting other players involved. It's being able to take it as well as dish it out. That's the only way you're going to get respect from the players."
"I don't know if I practiced more than anybody, but I sure practiced enough. I still wonder if somebody - somewhere - was practicing more than me."
"As far as playing, I didn't care who guarded me - red, yellow, black. I just didn't want a white guy guarding me, because it's disrespect to my game."
"I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to have it."
"A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals."
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