“The essential characteristic of jiu-jitsu is very simple. It’s the science and art of control that leads to submission.”
"Anger just makes people inefficient. Their breathing gets shallow, they’re too muscularly tense; they gas faster."
- John Danaher
Awareness
"Only when there is a danger of submissions will it be easier to work your way to better positions"
- John Danaher
Awareness
"I’ve always felt that the greatest times of joy in my life always came from helping other people get to their goals, rather than any goals that I might have achieved in my own life"
- John Danaher
Compassion
"Fights are not won on drama. Fights are won on small, mundane details"
- John Danaher
Focus
"Training is about skill development, not about winning or losing. You don't need to win every battle, you only need to win the battles that count."
- John Danaher
Focus
"Knowledge is that which benefits not that which is memorized."
- Imam al-Shafi’i (RA)
Knowledge
"I didnt get over 1300 walks without knowing the strike zone."
- Wade Boggs
Knowledge
"Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t."
- Bill Nye
Knowledge
"The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows."
- Aristotle Onassis
Knowledge
"Knowledge is not power. The implementation of knowledge is power."
- Larry Winget
Knowledge