Jigoro Kano Quotes

#1. Nothing is too heavy to be knocked on its ass, and everything is cool, baby.
Hassan i Sabbah X

Robert Anton Wilson

#2. For one thing, Judo in reality is not a mere sport or game. I regard it as a principle of life, art and science. In fact, it is a means for personal cultural attainment.

Kano Jigoro

#3. Seven kings will die, she had said, seven kings and the women you love. And Alfred's son will not rule and Wessex will die and the Saxon will kill what he loves and the Danes will gain everything, and all will change and all will be the same.

Bernard Cornwell

#4. It is not important to be better than someone else, but to be better than yesterday.

Kano Jigoro

#5. Walk a single path, becoming neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat, without forgetting caution when all is quiet or becoming frightened when danger threatens.

Kano Jigoro

#6. Walk a single path, become neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat.

Kano Jigoro

#7. Face your fear, empty yourself, trust your own voice, let go of control, have faith in outcomes, connect with a larger purpose, derive meaning from the struggle.

Kano Jigoro

#8. Apply just the right amount of force - never too much, never too little.

Kano Jigoro

#9. If there is effort, there is always accomplishment.

Kano Jigoro

#10. Nowhere do Jesus or the apostles ever treat the Old Testament as human reflections on the divine. It is instead the voice of the Holy Spirit (Acts 4:25; Heb. 3:7) and God's own breath (2 Tim. 3:16).

Kevin DeYoung

#11. Carefully observe oneself and one's situation, carefully observe others, and carefully observe one's environment. Consider fully, act decisively.

Kano Jigoro

#12. Judo teaches us to look for the best possible course of action, whatever the individual circumstances.

Kano Jigoro

#13. What other option did I have, now that words had failed me? What do any of us have when words fail us?

Patrick Rothfuss

#14. The teaching of one virtuous person can influence many; that which has been learned well by one generation can be passed on to a hundred.

Kano Jigoro

#15. There is nothing so lowering to one's self-esteem as the affectionate contempt of a beloved cat.

Monica Edwards

#16. The purpose of the study of judo is to perfect yourself and to contribute to society.

Kano Jigoro

#17. Judo helps us to understand that worry is a waste of energy.

Kano Jigoro

#18. To ask may be but a moment's shame, not to ask and remain ignorant is a lifelong shame.

Kano Jigoro

#19. Before and after practicing Judo or engaging in a match, opponents bow to each other. Bowing is an expression of gratitude and respect. In effect, you are thanking your opponent for giving you the opportunity to improve your technique.

Kano Jigoro

#20. There are no inherent limitations to the medium. There are just differences.

Bill Henson

#21. The pine fought the storm and broke. The willow yielded to the wind and snow and did not break. Practice Jiu-Jitsu in just this way.

Kano Jigoro

#22. If you can take it to the next level and really tell an interesting story in a unique and fresh way, then I feel like that's a great song.

Bonnie McKee

#23. In randori, one must search out the opponent's weaknesses and be ready to attack with all the resources at his disposal the moment the opportunity presents itself, without violating the rules of judo.

Kano Jigoro

#24. It's always nice when the eccentrics show up.

Alex Cox

#25. In randori we learn employ the principle of maximum efficiency even when we could easily overpower an opponent.

Kano Jigoro

#26. Judo is a study of techniques with which you may kill if you wish to kill, injure if you wish to injure, subdue if you wish to subdue, and, when attacked, defend yourself

Kano Jigoro

#27. There are people who are excitable by nature and allow themselves to become angry for the most trivial of reasons. Judo can help such people learn to control themselves. Through training, they quickly realize that anger is a waste of energy, that it has only negative effects on the self and others.

Kano Jigoro

#28. Showbiz is just there to give people something to talk about.

Penn Jillette

#29. Paradoxically, the man who has failed and one who is at the peak of success are in exactly the same position. Each must decide what he will do next, choose the course that will lead him to the future.

Kano Jigoro

#30. You have a bad memory for details. You can tell her the date of the Spanish Armada, but you couldn't even guess at the balance of your checkbook.

Jay McInerney

#31. Judo should be free as art and science from any external influences, political, national, racial, and financial or any other organized interest. And all things connected with it should be directed to its ultimate object, the benefit of Humanity

Kano Jigoro

#32. Nothing under the sun is greater than education. By educating one person and sending him into the society of his generation, we make a contribution extending a hundred generations to come.

Kano Jigoro

#33. Feeling had controlling influence over those primitive people, not thinking. It played a crucial part in the evolutionary development of modern humans. That's why we humans are basically an emotional species alongside being the smartest one.

Abhijit Naskar