“The discipline of jujutsu should serve your life. If it stops serving you, then make an adjustment in your relationship to it.”
"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
"The demands of jiu jitsu temper your spirit in a deeply beneficial way, but it can also drain you."
- Roy Dean
Resilience
"Martial arts are difficult. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is particularly hard. People will drop out. They will quit."
- Roy Dean
Determination
"There is beauty in the Beast, just as there is darkness in the most perfect human."
- Beauty and the Beast
Balance
"When you leave work on Friday, leave work. Don’t let technology follow you throughout your weekend (answering text messages and emails). Take a break. You will be more refreshed to begin the workweek if you have had a break."
- Catherine Pulsifer
Balance
"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."
- Albert Einstein
Balance
"Make your Tuesday as productive as possible, but don’t forget to enjoy the journey."
Balance
"You can’t always hold on to the things that are important. By letting them go we gain something else."
- Kunio Yaobi
Balance