“The demands of jiu jitsu temper your spirit in a deeply beneficial way, but it can also drain you.”
"The discipline of jujutsu should serve your life. If it stops serving you, then make an adjustment in your relationship to it."
- Roy Dean
Balance
"You start to see how the art advances your potential as a human being."
- Roy Dean
Personal Growth
"Jiu jitsu changes who you are. It gets you comfortable with change and appreciative of variation."
- Roy Dean
Personal Growth
"The demands of jiu-jitsu temper your spirit in a deeply beneficial way, but it can also drain you."
- Roy Dean
Adversity
"Martial arts are difficult. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is particularly hard. People will drop out. They will quit."
- Roy Dean
Determination
"We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."
- Maya Angelou
Resilience
"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."
- Winston Churchill
Resilience
"Criticism is the best sign you’re onto something."
- Michael Lopp
Resilience
"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."
- David Brinkley
Resilience
"We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform."
- Pete Cashmore
Resilience