68 Quotes About Jiu-jitsu

Where my tendons have been torn, my psyche has been mended. This was a worthy trade.

Today's world is flooded with participation trophies. In an attempt to promote equality we have robbed our youth of the most growth-inducing aspect of competition, failing. If you want to be resurrected, you have to first be crucified. Everybody wants to be reborn, but no one is willing to die. Losing, in the context of whatever arena it may be, is a microcosmic death. When we learn from our failures and grow because of them, we are reborn.

We can lose the roll, we can lose position, but we can constantly strive to win the moment.

This is a trust that you just cannot find in modern society for there are no conditions to forge it.

Your progress as a Jiu Jitsu practitioner is a direct reflection of the standards you have for yourself.

We are not practicing Jiu Jitsu to learn how to fight, we are learning how to live.

I have never been as alive or awake as I have been through Jiu Jitsu.

Consistently failing is nothing more than an indication that you are progressing. The more we fail the farther we will see. Failure is not an option; it is the only option. A master is a master because he has had the courage to fail and the wisdom to learn from it.

The high-minded pursuit of a Jiu Jitsu practitioner pursuing mastery cannot coexist well with the modern world. Our values vary immensely from our contemporaries. This pursuit leaves societal norms slaughtered in our wake. Those who share this journey will praise our efforts; those in the hive will think we have lost it. We must be willing to be misunderstood if we are to understand ourselves.