Brian Ortega Quotes

I grew up in a neighbourhood where there was a lot of fighting. It's what boys did during school, during recess, after school. And I was a fairly large kid. So everyone wanted to see if they could take me on.

My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school fight, tell them you won't wait-you can kick their ass right now.

I knew what could happen to my son if he was sent to the wrong school and got in with the wrong crowd.

I am rather in favour of dealing with teenage hooliganism.

I feel like if I ever got into some sort of rumble on the street, I will actually be able to defend myself.

I was an easygoing guy, and school was pretty much people trying to challenge me to a fight, y'know, saying, 'Rambo! Rocky!'

All the kids at school would bully me and always wanted me to fight them. I never did, but if I wanted to, I totally could.

Fighting was a problem for me in high school.

For me, it was always survival. Learn where not to be at so you don't get shot. Learn where not to walk at so you don't get jumped. Learn who to stand up to, who not to stand up to. And then, when I got old enough to get a chip on my shoulder, I wanted to be the dog. I wanted to be the alpha.

When a bully pulls your hair, you punch him in the face.

Some of my friends were gang-affiliated or gang-related, but that was just the way things were. I was lucky because football kept me busy and away from that bad path, to an extent.

The older kids, if they wanted something from you, whether it was cash or sports equipment, they would just take it. My older brothers used to say, 'If someone tries to take something from you, never give it to them.' So we fought all the time.

I was fortunate enough to never really be bullied. Maybe one time in middle school, but it was my fault. I had said something to someone, and they waited for me outside for a month until finally I put my dukes up and ran out. It was completely my fault.

Sometimes it seems as though all parents are certain that their children are victims of abuse by other children.

I ain't going to sit here like, 'My neighborhood was hard, and I had to get out there and grind.' We made it hard for ourselves. We chose to stay on the streets.

I didn't graduate eighth grade. I could have, but I got into too many fights in middle school.

Going to school, sort of not realising that caring about things was going to make me stand out and make me weird, and I think also being a redhead and being tall, bigger than the other kids... Anything that makes you different at school makes you a target.

Before, back in the day when I was young, when you had some problems, you dealt with it with your hands. No one had a knife.

Yes, I was a bully. But the scrapping on the streets was my way of dealing with the anger I felt towards my parents.

People understand the simplicity of violence, and martial arts has always been about the more efficient way to deliver said violence upon an adversary. I've kept that philosophy as the focal point of what I do.

I was one of the people that always got chosen last, and I think I bulked up my comedy bone to make up for my lack of friends.

I grew up getting bullied and fighting a lot.

Kids will always find something to pick on, whether it's your color, your religion, the way you look, your size. You try and stand up for yourself, but it's really difficult when you've got 20 or 30 girls against you.

Fighting is an expression. It's a form of speech, and that's why they call it martial arts. It's an art.

I would write these novels about bullies in school: 'The Bullies: a Novel.'