The athlete who is building muscles though weight training should be very sure to work adequately on speed and flexibility at the same time. In combat, without the prior attributes, a strong man will be like the bull with its colossal strength futilely pursuing the matador or like a low-geared truck chasing a rabbit.

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"We can see through others only when we can see through ourselves."

- Bruce Lee

Awareness

"The successful warrior is the average man with laser-like focus."

- Bruce Lee

Focus

"Defeat is a state of mind. No one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as reality."

- Bruce Lee

Mindfulness

"Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable."

- Bruce Lee

Love

"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done."

- Bruce Lee

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- Arnold Schwarzenegger

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"Stimulate don’t annihilate."

- Lee Haney

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"I don’t diet and exercise. I eat and train."

- J.R. Rim

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"The barbells and dumbbells you hold in your hands and the way you use them have stories to tell."

- Craig Cecil

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"Sweat is your body transforming."

- Unknown

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