“A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence. ”

“The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.”

“Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life! Do not be concerned with escaping safely- lay your life before him!!”

“Everything you do, if not in a relaxed state will be done at a lesser level than you are proficient. Thus the tensed expert marksman will aim at a level less than his/her student.”

“If I tell you I'm good, probably you will say I'm boasting. But if I tell you I'm not good, you'll know I'm lying.”

“Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.”

“Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.”