Helio Quotes

#1. His thoughts," Helio said, "are as clear as plastic to me, and mine likewise to him. We are both prisoners, Mister, in a hostile land." At that Arnie laughed loud and long. "Truth always amuses the ignorant," Helio said.

Philip K. Dick

#2. In the desert there is no sign that says, Thou shalt not eat stones. - Sufi proverb

Margaret Atwood

#3. Always assume that your opponent is going to be bigger, stronger and faster than you; so that you learn to rely on technique, timing and leverage rather than brute strength

Helio Gracie

#4. Jiu Jitsu is a mousetrap. The trap does not chase the mouse. But when the mouse grabs the cheese, the trap plays its role.

Helio Gracie

#5. There is something about prosperity that brings out the worst in some people.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

#6. If you count all fights like everybody else does, including Rickson, who says he has 400 fights; if you count like that, I have a million.

Helio Gracie

#7. It would be good karma.

Helio Castroneves

#8. Libidinous, adj.
I never understood why anyone would have sex on the floor. Until I was with you and I realized: you don't realize you're on the floor.

David Levithan

#9. When I'm driving the race track, it's all about repetition.

Helio Castroneves

#10. I don't defeat my opponents, they defeat themselves.

Helio Gracie

#11. I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion.

Winston Churchill

#12. We trust in plumed procession
For such the angels go
Rank after rank, with even feet/And uniforms of snow.

Emily Dickinson

#13. To be honest, Brazilian people are fun people, and the country is amazing. It's full of beautiful people. I love the beaches.

Helio Castroneves

#14. I don't think I would be a good actor! People enjoyed 'Dancing With the Stars' because I was myself, and every time they told me to say something, I would say my own words, so I don't think I could follow a script well!

Helio Castroneves

#15. I have not changed much. I haven't gotten a big ego or anything.

Helio Castroneves

#16. You should never have a power, in any area, with the purpose of harming someone.

Helio Gracie

#17. Dancing is just like racing. You don't learn choreography. They just give you steps to do, and you do them over and over and over. It's very much like what I do in racing.

Helio Castroneves

#18. So, now I've been to see a drug counselor who told me I need to lay off the drugs and talk about my feelings, and a shrink who heard what I had to say and immediately put me on drugs.

Libba Bray

#19. Words and thoughts concerning compassionate action that are not put into practice are like beautiful flowers that are colorful but have no fragrance.

Nhat Hanh

#20. Jiu-Jitsu is like a philosophy. It helps me learn how to face life.

Helio Gracie

#21. They would break his body. Crush his will. Dissect his mind down to the last synapse.
The undoing of Evan Walker had begun

Rick Yancey

#22. Please keep in mind that no matter how strong, fast or coordinated you are, there is always someone stronger, faster and more coordinated.

Helio Gracie

#23. Life is measured by - the ones left behind? Or his Faith? By Love? or by the people aside you? Or it has no meaning at all?

Aman Jassal

#24. In a long race, if I'm worried about fatigue, my concentration is the first thing to go.

Helio Castroneves

#25. The Jiu Jitsu I created was designed to give the weak ones a chance to face the heavy and strong.

Helio Gracie

#26. Color is the first revelation of the world.

Helio Oiticica

#27. To do the right thing at the right season is a great art.

Helio Gracie

#28. For the choke, there are no "tough guys". With an arm lock he can be tough and resist the pain. With the choke he just passes out, goes to sleep.

Helio Gracie

#29. Our lives are composed of a finite set of moments that we choose how to spend.

John Green

#30. I created a flag from the sport's dignity. I oversee the name of my family with affection, steady nerves and blood.

Helio Gracie

#31. I like people with a good sense of humor, like Jennifer Aniston. She is amazing and is a great actress.

Helio Castroneves

#32. Most of their lives, people are just waiting to be ambushed. ~ Brandon Hull

Jayden Hunter

#33. If you can't communicate effectively, you will not lead.

Helio Fred Garcia

#34. You get angry - death does that.

Annabella Sciorra

#35. I knew I wasn't going to lose and that was based on the fact that I wanted not to lose.

Helio Gracie

#36. If you don't finish half of the races, you are not going to have a very good season.

Helio Castroneves

#37. Usually, a well thought answer makes an aggressor think twice.

Helio Gracie

#38. A real jiu-jitsu fighter does not go around beating people down. Our defense is made to neutralize aggression.

Helio Gracie

#39. Jiu-jitsu is personal efficiency to protect the weaker, which anyone can do. It is the force of leverage against brute force.

Helio Gracie