Steven Seagal Quotes

I only direct in self-defense.

Obviously I'm not a violent person; I don't like violence, but I would definitely go into defending myself if the situation arose.

You had to know how to fight or you had to know how to avoid a fight. I didn't enjoy fighting, so I learned how to avoid them.

I always think that the ability to fight and defend oneself is a skill that every man should have but endeavour never to use, you know?

I'm not a violent person, but I'm a capable person. I'm never looking for a fight. But I'm always ready for one.

Well, I'm not a violent person. You have to back off. People sometimes will try you and try you until you try not to, but you have to react. Normally, I just walk away.

I never fought much. It just wasn't my thing. I suppose I could, but I've never got into fights. Not a real one.

Everyone has different ways of defending themselves.

When your life is being threatened there's an instinctive urge to fight. You fight for the time you have, for your relationships.

Back when I was maybe 19, guys would go, 'I can kick your butt!' So I had a few showdowns. To my advantage, I learned martial arts, and what you really learn is not to fight.

I've never fought with anyone. A lot of people talk to me, and they're like, 'Oh, you would have been fighting all the time when you were younger,' but I'm like, 'I never fought with anyone because I always knew that if I hurt myself, I might lose important time in my cricket career,' so I never got into any fight, ever in my life.

Yes, I am physical but never go looking for fights. I have been in my share of them but never looked for them.

Our first responsibility in the midst of violence is to prevent it from destroying us.

Not exactly hit them, but I've restrained a few people.

I wasn’t being non-nonviolent, I was just protectin’ my family.

I'm not an aggressive person at all. But I know how to fight.

I don't think about fights that didn't happen.

Fighting causes you to face life head on, because you could end up seriously getting hurt, and you could hurt somebody else. It causes both people to face the reality that we are fragile beings, but it doesn't mean we can't enjoy ourselves in the process and punch each other in the face and have a good time.

I never picked fights. I'm never going to start to pick fights. If they ask me to fight someone, I'll say yes.

I'm no table flipper. I am more calm and collected in my fights.

My last fight was more than 20 years ago. I'm not a fighter, I'm a lover. If somebody's going to speak bad about me, I will walk away. But if a guy like Steven Seagal slaps me once, I will slap him twice as hard. Life is full of violence.

It is better to take many injuries than to give one.

You can't go fighting everyone that's harsh towards you.

It makes sense for people who are good at fighting to go out and do it-because if they're good at it, that means the fewest number of other people die.

Opponents confront us continually, but actually there is no opponent there. Enter deeply into an attack and neutralize it as you draw that misdirected force into your own sphere.