Martial Quotes - page 8

I go to the gym, do some martial arts, and I love poetry. I have a tattoo of my family crest, and another on my back that says 'The Road Not Taken,' which is a poem by Robert Frost. (Steven R. McQueen)
When I started acting, I hoped I could make some kind of positive contribution to this world. When I get a letter from some kid in Nebraska saying that, prior to Han, nobody wanted to be his friend because Asians weren't cool if they weren't into martial arts - Now he's accepted and recognized as a human being. That's pretty awesome, right? View quote
Sung Kang
When I was ten years old, my dad and brother did judo, so I went along because I felt like I was missing out. They eventually gave up, and I continued, then moved into Tae Kwon Do, kickboxing and various other martial arts. I did lots of different things, but mostly things like Wushu, Jeet Kune Do, Krav Maga and stuff like that. View quote
Scott Adkins
Best fight ever in a movie: 'They Live.' I want to do a martial arts version of that, where you think it's ended, and it just keeps on going. I love that fight. It was funny as well. Unexpected. View quote
Scott Adkins
I did martial arts since I was 10 years old, and I've got as much love for the movies as I have for martial arts, so when I was 18 years old, I started studying performing arts with the eye of getting into the film industry and went to drama school after that. View quote
Scott Adkins
I practice martial arts not to win over other people but to win over my own heart. View quote
Tony Jaa
I've always been interested in martial arts. View quote
Tracy Spiridakos
I so admire the discipline, the work ethic, and the sacrifices fighters make to master all aspects of mixed martial arts. View quote
Tami Hoag
I've been doing Tai Chi on and off for 20 years. The fundamentals of all martial arts are the same. View quote
Terence Stamp
I enjoy doing martial arts films, but I like the straight stuff, too. I'd like to go back and do some Shakespeare, and maybe knock out a play or two. It's all about keeping balance. View quote
Thomas Ian Griffith
Kids are always infatuated with the action in Martial Arts Films. Let me tell you, there is nothing better for kids than the Arts. That is what kept me straight and decent. I always had a place to go. That was the dojo. I always had something to look forward to doing. (Thomas Ian Griffith)
I do a lot of mixed martial arts - it's like unlimited fighting. I do Brazilian jujutsu, beach volleyball. I don't like my routine to get stale, so I also lift kettle bells and push cars. View quote
Victor Webster
The best came from my martial arts teacher, who also taught Elvis. He said, 'Your ego will get you killed.' View quote
William Sanderson
Back when I was maybe 19, guys would go, 'I can kick your butt!' So I had a few showdowns. To my advantage, I learned martial arts, and what you really learn is not to fight. View quote
William Zabka
My training in martial arts was kind of a crash course in how to look like a black belt. I know the moves of a black belt - my kicks, and my stretches, and my punches and all that. View quote
William Zabka
1936 is a very important year: a golden time for martial arts, right before the Japanese invasion. View quote
Wong Kar-wai
It was my dream! I wanted to know what exactly martial arts is. When you look at martial arts films, the later ones became more and more exaggerated. It's like, wow, is martial arts only a show? View quote
Wong Kar-wai
I'm a big fan of martial arts films, novels and radio programs. View quote
Wong Kar-wai
My martial arts background is Tae Kwon Do. View quote
Will Yun Lee
I don't mind doing action or kung fu, but I'm also really happy to do something dramatic. I'd like to show that a Chinese girl doesn't have to do crazy martial arts to get the part. View quote
Zhu Zhu
We have a lot of heroes. We have Asian heroes, we have Asian American heroes, men, women, of all ages, and not all of them do martial arts. But that doesn't mean that they don't have their own arcs, their own stories, their own subtleties and nuances. And I think that's what's important. (Simu Liu)
Boxing, mixed martial arts and tennis are the hardest sports to train for. View quote
Andy Murray
Fighting is an expression. It's a form of speech, and that's why they call it martial arts. It's an art. View quote
Chael Sonnen
The war-party is assuredly right in affirming and reaffirming that the martial virtues, although originally gained by the race through war, are absolute and permanent human goods. View quote
William James
You can't, in the 21st century, continue to live in a system where people live under martial law for 30 years. View quote
Mohamed ElBaradei