"I don’t care about winning competitions or stripes on my belt anymore. I’m not even concerned about submitting my opponents in training. I care about moving with grace and about making my jiu jitsu as fluid and elegant as possible."
- Nic Gregoriades
Personal Growth
"The legendary Rickson Gracie said that it wasn’t enough to beat your opponent, but that you had to make it look good too."
- Nic Gregoriades
Creativity
"Keep in mind that reading books and watching videos about jiu jitsu is not doing jiu jitsu."
- Nic Gregoriades
Learning
"Jiu jitsu is challenging. It’s been estimated that for every 1000 people that try it only 5 or so continue and make it to the black belt."
- Nic Gregoriades
Determination
"Jiu-jitsu is challenging. It’s been estimated that for every 1000 people that try it only 5 or so continue and make it to the black belt."
- Nic Gregoriades
Determination
"It takes less time to do things right than to explain why you did it wrong."
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Efficiency
"There’s a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across."
- Rick Rubin
Efficiency
"Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all."
- Peter Drucker
Efficiency
"If you measure it, it will improve."
- Seth Godin
Efficiency
"Good customer service costs less than bad customer service."
- Sally Gronow
Efficiency