Helio Gracie Quotes
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Jiu-Jitsu is like a philosophy. It helps me learn how to face life.
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Always assume that your opponent is going to be bigger, stronger and faster than you; so that you learn to rely on technique, timing and leverage rather than brute strength
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I don't defeat my opponents, they defeat themselves.
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Usually, a well thought answer makes an aggressor think twice.
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If you count all fights like everybody else does, including Rickson, who says he has 400 fights; if you count like that, I have a million.
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You should never have a power, in any area, with the purpose of harming someone.
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For the choke, there are no "tough guys". With an arm lock he can be tough and resist the pain. With the choke he just passes out, goes to sleep.
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I knew I wasn't going to lose and that was based on the fact that I wanted not to lose.
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I created a flag from the sport's dignity. I oversee the name of my family with affection, steady nerves and blood.
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Jiu Jitsu is a mousetrap. The trap does not chase the mouse. But when the mouse grabs the cheese, the trap plays its role.
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Jiu-jitsu is personal efficiency to protect the weaker, which anyone can do. It is the force of leverage against brute force.
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To do the right thing at the right season is a great art.
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For the choke, there are no 'tough guys'
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The Jiu Jitsu I created was designed to give the weak ones a chance to face the heavy and strong.
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A real jiu-jitsu fighter does not go around beating people down. Our defense is made to neutralize aggression.
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