Georges St-Pierre Quotes

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

I'm getting to put all my time and effort into studying my martial arts and to be the best fighter I can be.

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

I will continue to practice a martial arts form along with the mental and spiritual aspect that come with building a balanced life, and I will continue to incorporate it into whatever films I can.

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.

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

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.

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

Take a martial art that you enjoy. Don't worry about the end result; just enjoy getting up and going to training. And there is no right martial art to do. They are all good.

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

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.

Well I think everything up to this point that I've been exposed to in my life has had an influence on me in some way, shape, or form even if I'm not conscious of it. So I definitely think that my studies in wu-shu, kung-fu, karate, kenpo, taikwando, all of that stuff certainly has an affect. I don't think I follow any discipline traditionally.

I'm a martial artist, and I don't train because I have a fight; I train because it's my lifestyle, and I'll train every day if I'm not hurt.

Aikido is not merely about fighting and the development of the physical self but the perfection of the spiritual man at the same time. It has very harmonious movements, very beautiful to watch and beautiful for your body to feel.

Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character.

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

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

I've been doing martial arts since I was 9.

Martial arts was really the first thing in my life that I followed through on and accomplished a degree of proficiency for.

I love to fight. Keeping me at home without a fight is the same to offer candy to a kid and then take it away. That's why I'm always competing in other martial arts. That keeps me motivated to train and helps me learn even more.

I'm training in martial arts. It's a whole new world for me and I'm loving it. I do that or hot yoga; I have to do some kind of exercise.

I would be a very different person without karate.

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