“I realise now that my jiu-jitsu is much simpler than when I was a purple belt. When I was a purple belt I tried the most amazing moves – I ran a marathon to get five miles away. Now everything is much clearer. You don’t waste time or strength, you just go straight to the point.”
"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
"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