“I think the most valuable thing today I have, is to display and inform people [about] how important the invisible aspect of jiu-jitsu is. It’s the fight you fight with your brain, with your spirit, but not with your physicality.”
"Jiu Jitsu is perfect. It’s humans who make errors."
- Rickson Gracie
Awareness
"Jiu-jitsu helped me to understand life in a very deep way because it’s a representation of life but on the mat. You can express your emotions, you can express your intelligence, and you can express your personality, your character. You cannot hide anything because once you’re there, you have your Gi, [but] no gold watches, and no security, no guns, and you have to expose yourself in a very raw way."
- Rickson Gracie
Awareness
"Jiu-Jitsu helped me to understand life in a very deep way because it’s a representation of life but on the mat. You can express your emotions, you can express your intelligence, and you can express your personality, your character. You cannot hide anything because once you’re there, you have your Gi, but no gold watches, and no security, no guns, and you have to expose yourself in a very raw way."
- Rickson Gracie
Awareness
"Jiu-jitsu is a live demonstration of what you’re about."
- Rickson Gracie
Integrity
"A brave man, a real fighter is not measured by how many times he falls, but how many times he stands up."
- Rickson Gracie
Courage
"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."
- Archer
Philosophy
"Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife."
- Paine
Philosophy
"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves."
- Eric Sevareid
Philosophy
"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"
- Theodor Seuss Geisel
Philosophy
"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."
- G.K. Chesterton
Philosophy