“In order to control your opponent, you must control yourself, and to do that, you must breathe and relax.”
"A balanced game will allow you to attack from both sides, making your skills more complete, more effective, and essentially doubling your techniques."
- Mark Johnson
Balance
"A balanced game will allow you to attack from both sides, making your skills more complete, more effective, and essentially doubling your techniques. Always drill both sides. Balance is good."
- Mark Johnson
Balance
"A great goal of jiu-jitsu is to be technical—not to be fast, or strong, or tough, or tricky; it is to be the master of movement."
- Mark Johnson
Goals
"The thing about jiu-jitsu gis is that some of them are really expensive. Don’t get caught up in how much your gi costs; it doesn’t matter how much you pay for a gi, it won’t make your jiu-jitsu any better, the only thing that will make you look good on the mat is your technique."
- Mark Johnson
Simplicity
"After you have looked inward, I plead with you to look upward. The eyes that look down on yours will be those of your loving Father in Heaven who can, and will, bestow upon you all those things you hope for in righteousness. You can’t get these blessings by chasing them. Please stop running to the point of exhaustion. Be quiet; be still. Simplify. Be meek and lowly of heart, and pray. I testify to you that miracles will come when we slow down, when we calm down, and when we kneel down. All that the Father has can one day be yours [see Doctrine and Covenants 84:33–38]."
- Sister Patricia T. Holland
Inner Peace
"The only home that a man should ever need is within his heart."
- Lavi Bookman
Inner Peace
"When you lose sight of your path, listen for the destination in your heart."
- Allen Walker
Inner Peace
"You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."
- Marcus Aurelius
Inner Peace
"The sun shines not on us but in us."
- John Muir
Inner Peace