Personal Growth Quotes

"It’s as real as it can get. That has made me a better person. It’s made me a better man. It’s made me understand myself, my weaknesses, my strengths, and the shit I need to work on. Jiu-jitsu has been one of the most valuable tools I’ve ever had in my life."

- Joe Rogan

"Jiu jitsu changes who you are. It gets you comfortable with change and appreciative of variation."

- Roy Dean

"I realise now that my jiu-jitsu is much simpler than when I was a purple belt."

- Renzo Gracie

"I don’t care about winning competitions or stripes on my belt anymore. I’m not even concerned about submitting my opponents in training. I care about moving with grace and about making my jiu jitsu as fluid and elegant as possible."

- Nic Gregoriades

"If you’re an eternal whitebelt you only get better. The moment you believe you’re a master, your downfall is near."

- Renzo Gracie

"Purple belt is the belt where you find yourself. You cut your teeth in this sport."

- Chris Hauter

"It’s as real as it can get. That has made me a better person. It’s made me a better man. It’s made me understand myself, my weaknesses, my strengths, the shit I need to work on. Jiu-jitsu has been one of the most valuable tools I’ve ever had in my life."

- Joe Rogan

"Dad reasoned that whether we were better than someone else should not be the focus because our position in relation to others was out of our control. We could not control another’s performance nor could we control how we would be ranked. All we could do was our best…Instead he wanted us to try very hard to give the best possible effort to become the best we could be and let the results take care of themselves."

- Coach John Wooden

"If you’re an eternal whitebelt you only get better. The moment you believe you’re a master, your downfall is near. It’s like you’re closing yourself from new knowledge. In my head, I’m a constant, for-life white belt."

- Renzo Gracie

"In jiu-jitsu you’re constantly reminded about how magical your body really is. Every day you’re reminded of that. You suck at a move, and then you practice it over and over and then you get really good at it and then it becomes unconscious, it becomes magical. You can just do that every day. You’re reminded that your body can master anything if you just put it through enough reps."

- Eddie Bravo

"I'm reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose."

- Kobe Bryant

"At the end of 2003, my game was complete. Shooting, defense, using the dribble, transition, midrange stuff was all there. Then it was about fine-tuning and trying to improve in each area."

- Kobe Bryant

"You have to dance beautifully in the box that you're comfortable dancing in. My box was to be extremely ambitious within the sport of basketball. Your box is different than mine. Everybody has their own. It's your job to try to perfect it and make it as beautiful of a canvas as you can make it. And if you have done that, then you have lived a successful life. You have lived with Mamba Mentality."

- Kobe Bryant

"Good habits formed at youth make all the difference."

- Aristotle

"It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live."

- Mae Jemison

"Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth."

- Rumi

"I am one of those who never knows the direction of my journey until I have almost arrived."

- Anna Louise Strong

"Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life."

- Brené Brown

"We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here now with the power to shape your day and your future."

- Steve Maraboli

"Nobody stays recovered unless the life they have created is more rewarding and satisfying than the one they left behind."

- Anne Fletcher

"The Only Person You Are Destined To Become Is The Person You Decide To Be."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Experience Is Not What Happens To You, It Is What You Do With What Happens To You."

- Aldous Huxley

"My Opponent is my Teacher, my Ego is my Enemy"

- Unknown

"The lessons learned on the diamond are the same ones that shape our lives."

"Stop shrinking to fit into places you have outgrown."

"Your life is your story; write it with intention and make it a bestseller."

- Unknown

"You can be proud of all the things you've learned."

"Recovery is about progression, not perfection."

"You don’t get over an addiction by stopping using. You recover by creating a new life where it is easier to not use. If you don’t create a new life, then all the factors that brought you to your addiction will catch up with you again."

"The story of your life is written one word at a time."