Finn Balor Quotes

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

When you get in taekwondo, it teaches you the life skills of respect, self control, discipline-that's why I love it. I really attribute those skills to really getting over my dad's death. If I didn't have that, I would have lost it.

When you are learning about a martial art, it is about respect.

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

I was raised doing martial arts.

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

I grew up learning martial arts in Korea; my dad actually brought in an Olympic instructor to teach me as a teenager.

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.

Martial arts is about honor and respect.

I've taught martial arts to many children, from 5 years old and up - there's character development, there's respect, discipline, perseverance.

You know, martial arts is all about respect and discipline and it's always been about that. But again, people are starting to forget that, people are missing that, and this is where I believe I can help and it's good for our sport.

I will always go for the submission instead of hurting my opponent.

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

Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.

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

When I was in my early 20s, I studied tae kwon do and hapkido. I earned brown belts in both of them.

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.

A kid grows up a lot faster on the golf course. Golf teaches you how to behave.

Golf is game of respect and sportsmanship; we have to respect its traditions and its rules.

I've gotten into two fights since I've begun studying the martial arts, and each time, I was worried I'd kill the guy. One of my teachers always told me I had good power but bad control.

Fighting in the ring or cage is very much different from fighting in the street. Fighting in the street is very much fueled by anger, pride, and male dominance and ego.

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

The mixed martial arts way of life will give you focus.

Some of us love hockey not just for its ferocity and skill but for its underlying code of civility off the ice.