As I have said many times, I did not invent jiu jitsu, I just made it better.

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"Always Assume that your opponent is going to be bigger, stronger, and faster than you. So, you have to learn to rely on technique, timing, and leverage rather than brute strength"

- Helio Gracie

Awareness

"I created Jiu-Jitsu, what is now referred to as Jiu-Jitsu, which is exactly the best fighting system that exists."

- Helio Gracie

Belief

"Learning jiu-jitsu is something for the subconscious, not for the consciousness."

- Helio Gracie

Learning

"Many styles of martial arts carried on that tradition and required that practitioners bow as a sign of respect."

- Helio Gracie

Respect

"The Jiu-Jitsu I created was designed to give the weak ones a chance to face the heavy and strong."

- Helio Gracie

Empowerment

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"Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision."

- Muhammad Ali

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"A bodybuilder is a sculptor who carries with him his own material."

- Serge Nubret

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"Big battles bring sweet victories."

- Unknown

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"Champions keep playing until they get it right."

- Billie Jean King

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