Martial Arts Quotations: Set 3
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;...who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at best, knows of triumph and high achievement, and if he fails, fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls that know neither victory nor defeat. -Teddy Roosevelt (he had a way with words)
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Train hard, fight easy. - attributed to Marshal Suvorov of the Russian Army, 18th-19th centuries.
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Training is everything, and everything is training!
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Proper prior planning prevents piss-poor performance!
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I hate guys
Who criticize
Other guys
Whose enterprise
Has helped them rise
Above the guys
Who criticize
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Training must be like bloodless battle so that battle is just like bloody training. -Roman Legionnaire saying
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Pain? What's Pain? I've had pain all my life. I've been hurt all my life. I'm never going to have the pain gone. The pain's not going to be gone until I die. I've got too many joints that are beat up. It's just the way it is. -Dan Gable
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There's only 3 ways to hit, Hard, Fast, and Continuously.
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If you lose your head and give up, then you neither win nor live... and that's just the way it is. - Outlaw Josey Whales