Top 31 Kano Jigoro Quotes
#1. It is not important to be better than someone else, but to be better than yesterday.
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#3. Judo helps us to understand that worry is a waste of energy.
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#4. The purpose of the study of judo is to perfect yourself and to contribute to society.
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#5. 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.
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#6. I've learned from my dealings with Johnny Carson that no matter what kind of friendship you think you have with people you're working with, when the chips are down, it's all about business.
Joan Rivers
#7. Judo teaches us to look for the best possible course of action, whatever the individual circumstances.
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#8. Carefully observe oneself and one's situation, carefully observe others, and carefully observe one's environment. Consider fully, act decisively.
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#9. I am climbing to my freedom, freedom from fear, freedom from marrying the wrong person, like Buddy Willard, just because of sex, freedom from the Florence Crittenden Homes where all the poor girls go who should have been fitted out like me, because what they did, they would do anyway..
Sylvia Plath
#10. If there is effort, there is always accomplishment.
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#11. Apply just the right amount of force - never too much, never too little.
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#13. 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.
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#15. Walk a single path, become neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat.
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#16. 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.
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#17. To ask may be but a moment's shame, not to ask and remain ignorant is a lifelong shame.
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#18. 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.
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#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.
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#20. I think America's obsession with guns and with violence in media and society is a horrible sickness.
Jeff Lemire
#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.
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#22. 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.
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#23. In randori we learn employ the principle of maximum efficiency even when we could easily overpower an opponent.
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#24. 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
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#25. 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.
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#26. 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.
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#27. We're all on each other's food chain. All of us. It's an individual sport. Welcome to the meaning of individual. We're each deeply alone here. It's what we all have in common, this aloneness.
David Foster Wallace
#28. 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
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#29. Get out of our schools God, get out of our textbooks God, get out of our government God, go away God, go away God, go away God, Katrina hits, God, where are you?
Brad Stine
#30. The biggest thing is to let your voice be heard, let your story be heard.
Dwyane Wade
#31. 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.
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