Martial Artist Sayings

#1. I want to use every second of my life, every time that I have in my life, to make me a better fighter. That's why I'm a martial artist. For me, it's more than a job - it's a way of living

Georges St-Pierre

#2. I don't know if many people realize that Dolph Lundgren is a chemical engineer. He's not a dumb blond guy. This guy is smart and he's a martial artist.

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

#3. I want to prove to people who sit on a couch and don't do anything but criticize other people that, if you're a true athlete or martial artist, you're not old until you can't get up and walk around anymore.

Herschel Walker

#4. I sometimes just don't like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it too violent.

Jackie Chan

#5. I'm a traditional martial artist and I'm always going to carry myself in the most respectful way I can.

Cung Le

#6. I'm a trained martial artist. My parents were both martial artists.

Lynn Collins

#7. I was a big fan of Jean-Claude Van-Damme growing up, and I always wanted to be a martial artist 'cause of him.

Georges St-Pierre

#8. My mentality is that when I go to sleep at night, I'm a better martial artist than when I woke up in the morning.

Georges St-Pierre

#9. A good martial artist does not become tend but ready, not thinking but jet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come.

Bruce Lee

#10. Being a martial artist for many years, it has become a bit of an obsession of mine to bring that part of my life to the screen.

Sundra Oakley

#11. To be bound by traditional martial art style or styles is the way of the mindless, enslaved martial artist. But to be inspired by the traditional martial art and to achieve further heights is the way of genius.

Bruce Lee

#12. I'm a martial artist, and I don't train because I have a fight; I train because it's my lifestyle, and I'll train every day if I'm not hurt.

Georges St-Pierre

#13. There is a difference between a fighter and a martial artist. A fighter is training for a purpose: He has a fight. I'm a martial artist. I don't train for a fight. I train for myself. I'm training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection.

Georges St-Pierre

#14. Three questions," I said. "First: Thor has a giantess friend?"
"Yes," Blitz said. "Not all giants are bad."
"Second: do all giantess names begin with G?"
"No."
"Last question: "Thor is a martial artist? Does he have, like, backup nunchucks, too?

Rick Riordan

#15. I don't really have a problem with the pain of life. Perhaps that is because I am a martial artist and I am used to dealing with pain. Or perhaps I adjusted to pain because there has been a great deal of it in my life.

Frederick Lenz

#16. I'm a little greedy for action scenes. I'm a martial artist, and any time I get to show off some of that art is great.

David Ramsey

#17. A true martial artist welcomes change; He is A catalyst, A cause, A force of nature

Soke Behzad Ahmadi

#18. The true Martial Artist is not the one who fears change, but the one who causes it to happen.

Ed Parker

#19. The best martial artist doesn't win fights, but avoids fights. Martial arts is a way of gaining basic self-mastery of your mind, body and emotions. It can also be very useful in combat situations.

Frederick Lenz

#20. Katana is a trained, disciplined martial artist. She removes herself from Birds of Prey to go on a personal journey in Japantown, San Francisco, and pursue a quest for vengeance against the Sword Clan, the men that killed her husband.

Ann Nocenti

#21. Actually, for me, I really love to do action movie. You know, most people, they know, they thought that I am a martial artist. I don't know why, but I love to do kung fu movie, you know?

Li Bingbing

#22. Each person may see a fight in different ways ... They can see more to a primal way. Others they can see in a pure artistic way ... For me I see the pure artistic way, the way that a true martial artist can show his art.

Roger Gracie

#23. A true martial artist, in my books anyways, is someone who is going to do the right thing and lead by example.

Duane Ludwig

#24. Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from Day One at East West. That's the reason we formed: to combat that, and to show we are capable of more than just fulfilling the stereotypes - waiter, laundryman, gardener, martial artist, villain.

Mako

#25. I don't think I'm in any position to call myself a martial artist. I'm a student of the martial arts.

Lou Reed

#26. The true martial artist yields to the weak, while withstanding the strong.

Neil Young

#27. I have always been a martial artist by choice, an actor by profession, but above all, am actualising myself to be an artist of life.

Bruce Lee

#28. The man who is secure within himself has no need to prove anything with force, so he can walk away from a fight with dignity and pride. He is the true martial artist
a man so strong inside that he has no need to demonstrate his power.

Ed Parker

#29. Bruce Lee only played himself. Chuck Norris is a martial artist that does acting. I want to be an actor that does martial arts.

Leo Howard

#30. I'm not really the author, the entrepreneur, the DJ, the martial artist, the teacher, the lecturer, the music producer, or even the person you can talk to when you need. I'm the guy that does what is necessary when everyone is busy talking about it and expressing opinions.

Robin Sacredfire

#31. I'm a martial artist. I've boxed all my life. I work out. I studied Hwarangdo, which is a Korean style.

Laz Alonso

#32. I consider myself a martial artist and an actor. They can work together or individually. I love to do action. I love having a good role in which I can act and fight. That's double happiness.

Mark Dacascos

#33. All right, here's a limerick: A young martial artist called Dave Was fearless and handsome and brave He saved me from thugs When I nearly got mugged So now I'm forever Dave's slave." There was a short silence. I cringed. "Um, sorry. Came out a bit gay, that one." Bugger, bugger, bugger.

J.L. Merrow

#34. I was a martial artist. So, for me to be able to do all of the fights is a blast. It's so fun. It's like dancing, but more bad-ass. I really enjoy doing it.

Caity Lotz

#35. The biggest gift I received as a martial artist is without a question the capacity to be in peace.

Rickson Gracie

#36. A quality martial artist is always ready for any move, and trains oneself invincible.

Bruce Lee

#37. I'm still a martial artist at heart. I believe in controlling yourself ... I think that's huge in life-to be a good man.

Cub Swanson

#38. If mere mechanical efficiency can make everyone a martial artist, then all is well. Unfortunately, combat, like freedom, is something that can not be preconceived.

Bruce Lee

#39. My husband is a martial artist, and he thinks it's hilarious that I have a stage-fighting-proficiency certificate. He thinks that's ridiculous. Can't say I've used it much.

Lesley Nicol

#40. One genius has made many clever artists.

Martial

#41. We want to be seen as more than just martial artists, or bad stereotype token roles in American TV and movies.

Dat Phan

#42. My growth as a human being has been directly proportional to my growth as a marital artist.

Chris Matakas