Bo Bennett Quotes

I would be a very different person without karate.

I can't imagine my life without martial arts. I would be a different person.

I practice martial arts not to win over other people but to win over my own heart.

You don't 'practice' martial arts; it's more like a way of life.

Martial arts, when I do martial arts, it's more of a life type of training.

I briefly studied martial arts in college and realised that I might not be a great fighter physically, but it gave me mental strength and boosted my confidence.

Since I've started fighting it has taught me a lot about self respect, self confidence and self control.

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.

I always loved the idea of learning martial arts, but it wasn't until I was in my 20s that I really started doing it and taking up karate.

I would be nowhere without martial arts. It's a passion.

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

MMA has improved my life leaps and bounds.

Martial arts, for me, is not just some kind of job to gain some money or whatever. No, martial arts, for me, is my lifestyle, my religion, my philosophy... Martial arts are everything for me.

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

Martial arts gave me everything in life. It is not about a paycheck; it is about how I live my life.

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

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.

Martial arts has just made me a better person. It's a way of life.

I'm in control of what I'm doing physically and mentally. I feel good. I've always felt confident and comfortable going into seasons, but each year I feel like I'm getting better and better.

Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.

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.

I grew up doing martial arts, and I'm a second-degree black belt.

I think the most important is when I was young, I learnt martial arts; that is my special key.

Kids are always infatuated with the action in martial arts films. Let me tell you, there is nothing better for kids than the arts. That is what kept me straight and decent. I always had a place to go. That was the dojo. I always had something to look forward to doing.

When people ask me about what I learned from martial arts, I don't talk about favorite punches or kicks, or about fights won or lost. I talk about learning self-discipline, about ethics and manners and benevolence and fairness.