Ron Livingston Quotes

If it amuses you to hit people, you do boxing - you do taekwondo - whatever you want. But you don't play football.

I've gotten into two fights since I've begun studying the martial arts, and each time, I was worried I'd kill the guy. One of my teachers always told me I had good power but bad control.

My father was both the person who gave me reason to learn how to fight and the one who taught me the basics of fighting. He would tell me that if it was a big fight, it would probably be uneven, it wouldn't be fair.

As a lifelong practitioner of martial arts, I'm trained to remain calm in the face of adversity and danger.

Martial arts is like dance. It's so beautiful and what I love about the martial arts mostly is that what it basically says is you take their energy and you redirect it. Then if you need to, use it on them. That whole thing about redirecting energy I love.

I have dabbled in martial arts all my life, since I was 7, maybe - tae kwon do, capoeira, Muay Thai. It's always been an interest because in martial arts there is a mind/body relationship.

I did aikido when I was four years old.

Boxing definitely has a part to play in taking away unwanted aggression.

Martial arts is something I studied since I was 6 years old.

Martial arts is self-growth. It's artistic impression. It's self-defense... it doesn't have any place in politics.

I like to actually fight. It's just in my blood.

I began to study martial arts because it was a great form of exercise, and I knew it would help my acting career. Martial arts reminded me of dancing. It has helped me learn fight sequences quicker.

Besides working out for nearly six hours a day, I am also learning different forms of martial arts.

I grew up as a martial artist, and I'm still a martial artist at heart.

I've been learning martial arts - nothing specific, as then it becomes one-sided - but basic exercises.

When you get hurt it's hard to judge when it's the right time to pull out of a fight.

Martial arts is what pulled me through tough times, and it is one of the reasons for my happiness.

When I fought with Michael Johnson, when I took his arm for the kimura, I can break it, but I go very slowly, be careful, because I don't want to give him injury.

I love to fight, but it's not just about the fight. You have to be healthy.

Even though you think boxing is a contact sport, it teaches you not to fight on the street, to behave. It gives you discipline and self-control.

I would be a very different person without karate.

It is so easy to avoid getting in a fist fight. If you're at a point where you're squaring up against someone in public, then it's on you. There are so many ways to not get in a fist fight.

I love to learn, and that's the really cool thing about martial arts - you're always learning new things.

Most of my good friends have fights with me. Those guys know that I was in martial arts for 12 years fighting on the circuit.

Jiu-jitsu teaches you not to hurt your opponent, and that's inside of me.