If you want to be a really good grappler, you have to learn with the gi.

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"Jiu jitsu I believe is the most efficient way of fighting in any situation, in a streetfight, in a ring, inside an elevator, anywhere."

- Renzo Gracie

Belief

"Fighting is the best thing a man can have in his soul."

- Renzo Gracie

Belief

"I realise now that my jiu-jitsu is much simpler than when I was a purple belt."

- Renzo Gracie

Personal Growth

"If you’re an eternal whitebelt you only get better. The moment you believe you’re a master, your downfall is near."

- Renzo Gracie

Personal Growth

"If you’re an eternal whitebelt you only get better. The moment you believe you’re a master, your downfall is near. It’s like you’re closing yourself from new knowledge. In my head, I’m a constant, for-life white belt."

- Renzo Gracie

Personal Growth

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"The expert in anything was once a beginner."

- Helen Hayes

Learning

"Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow."

- Mahatma Gandhi

Learning

"To know how much there is to know is the beginning of learning to live."

- Dorothy West

Learning

"In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind, there are few."

- Vince Gironda

Learning

"I am always doing what I cannot do yet in order to learn how to do it."

- Vincent van Gogh

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