Royce Gracie Quotes

I don't take a guy down just to hold him, I look for damage and submissions.

Everybody that I fight always avoids jiu-jitsu.

I miss submitting people; I have a lot of confidence in my jiu-jitsu.

I'm a two-time world champion in jiu-jitsu. I can try to submit you.

I have a great jiu-jitsu game and I'm awesome at submissions.

I'm a jiu-jitsu guy and that's my root.

Don't care about catch-wrestling. I only care about Jiu-Jitsu.

Jiu-jitsu is something I absolutely love.

I'd like to be remembered for being the one responsible for adapting Brazilian jiu-jitsu for modern MMA. For what I've learned from fence work and some ground positions. Lots of details I developed after years and years studying them, testing what worked on the mat, against the fence, what kept opponents on the ground, control situations.

The jiu-jitsu my father created was for the smaller guy to beat the bigger guy.

My jiu-jitsu is very simple and basic.

Nobody has seen my jiu-jitsu, but I have really good jiu-jitsu. I submit black belts.

Seminars, TV shows, documentaries, always spreading Brazilian jiu-jitsu. I'm an instrument of this art more than a character myself.

I've done jiujitsu a huge chunk of my life, and I try to spend a lot of time educating people on the nuances, the subtleness of the ground game. It's a big part of mixed martial arts.

I actually take karate and tae-kwon-do. And so I love sparring and grappling and all that physical stuff. I studied a hybrid form of grappling, sparring, and self defense; it's more of a 'get yourself in shape,' and if you want to take it to the next level, so you're really learning valuable skills with self defense, and I really enjoy it.

I took Jujitsu for four years, which has no striking.

When I was in seventh grade, I was a scrawny boy with no muscles, so I went out for wrestling. My intention was to develop secret wrestling skills so that if I were jumped by a bully, I'd shout, 'Ha!' and he'd be on the ground in a headlock.

There are lots of jiu-jitsu fighters who finish fights and have good MMA jiu-jitsu, but I think I've applied techniques which I can teach other people.

I'm the best there is in jiu-jitsu.

There's one thing that people will never know about Tim Duncan: Tim Duncan might know more UFC moves and more fighting moves than anybody in the UFC.

That's why I love jiu-jitsu, this is the best martial art in the world. It's an art that seeks the peace, to dominate your opponent.

Everybody knows where I come from and how my jiu-jitsu is, training at Macaco Gold Team, but I also work on my striking at Chute Boxe Diego Lima, so I'm prepared on the feet and on the ground.

I think martial arts, in general, shaped my wrestling style. I think I grew up as a martial artist as a kid.

I think it's stupid to say a guy who has trained in jiu-jitsu for as long as I have is just a stand-up fighter. I have trained with some of the best black belts in the world. I am comfortable on the ground. I can fight wherever the fight goes and not be concerned.

My jiu-jitsu is very good, and anytime I'm able to show what my coaches and my team are capable of doing, I really enjoy it.