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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"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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"You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction."

- George Lorimer

Determination

"The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity."

- Amelia Earhart

Determination

"When I believe in something, I’m like a dog with a bone."

- Melissa McCarthy

Determination

"Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right."

- Walt Disney

Determination

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

- Theodore Roosevelt

Determination