Jim Butcher Quotes

My father taught me how to fight when I was 5.

I was in martial arts starting at the age of 14, and I got my black belt by the time I was 18. Soon after, I was teaching an entire school, with about 150 students. It was unbelievably intense because of the self-awareness part of becoming a black belt.

I never fought in my life outside of a ring.

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

When I started training, I learned a lot, you know - respect. I think you learn a lot of things, and kids should learn mixed martial arts for discipline.

I had started also studying because I wanted to learn more about power and fighting.

I did martial arts and karate for eight years when I was growing up.

I've been taking martial arts for a long time. I started with tae kwon do, and then I started taking karate and mixed martial arts.

To be trained in karate is something because karate is a vicious thing. If you are any good at it, you can kill somebody with it. It is a vicious way to fight.

The best came from my martial arts teacher, who also taught Elvis. He said, 'Your ego will get you killed.'

Tall men come down to my height when I hit 'em in the body.

It wasn't until I went to Korea out of high school and got exposed to the martial arts for the first time and was just completely enamored with the physical ability of the martial arts and making my black belt.

We're all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people.

I started training in martial arts when I was 7 years old. I got my first black belt at 13.

I've had two fights in my life. Both times I threw one punch, and both times I broke my hand! I really am a stranger to the world of fighting.

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

There's no such thing as a lucky punch. You throw to hurt someone and if you hurt someone, job done.

I've really valued each area of MMA.

I used to fight in school. I was a rough, athletic child. I always knew I could fight and, watching UFC, I was always fascinated by it.

If you learn a martial art, you learn to be dangerous, but simultaneously, you learn to control it.

People always say its an aggressive and bad sport and just like street fighting, but it's not the same thing. You go into work at the gym every day, and it takes away from being an aggressive person in public. You're training every day, and you're losing that aggression for the public.

I will never let another man disrespect me. I don't care if we sparring or fighting.

I had to learn martial arts.

When I started training martial arts, I learned about respect.