This is like a perfect Darwinian game. You have a large gene pool of people who come in on their first day of training and ten years later that pool is shrunk to the most competitive, most wiley, most adaptive, and evolved of the people in that room. Some would say the most insane, who knows?

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"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

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"Today’s challenges are tomorrow’s routines."

- Unknown

Adaptation

"Just like games, no matter how well you have things lined up in your life, there’s always something to keep you on your toes."

- Junichirou Kagami

Adaptation

"The nerve of those Whos. Inviting me down there - on such short notice! Even if I wanted to go, my schedule wouldn't allow it."

- The Grinch

Adaptation

"Embrace each shift in your life like a dragonfly zips through a summer breeze"

Adaptation

"Like the dragonfly, adapt and conquer your skies with elegance and power"

Adaptation