Alexander Volkanovski Quotes

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

Martial arts is just practice. Being a geisha requires complete control.

The greatest tribute you can to pay to my father is to continue to train and share Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, remembering to never lose sight of the fact that what you do off the matt counts more than what you do on the matt.

Martial arts is about honor and respect.

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

There's a part of martial arts where we need humility and respect.

A black belt is what you prove to be, but also what it means in your heart.

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.

My parents told me, 'Skating is a privilege, not a right, and school always comes first.'

My films are always concerned with family, friendship, honor, and patriotism.

I have a talent for coming up with an analogy about martial arts training for everything. It's because training to improve your martial arts skills and training to step into a cage and fight another person teaches you a lot about... everything.

I'm a real martial artist, my father always taught me that some way I have to train every day, no matter what happens your life.

I gotta respect our sport, my division, and the guys that are fighting in it. That's what I gotta do.

Once I dedicated my time to mixed martial arts, I became careful about what I let into my mind. I made a goal of being the best on Earth in mixed martial arts and fighting. I wanted to build my mind into something good, not just of the world. I wanted to be different.

I went to karate for about four years, and I learned a lot about focus and listening very good.

People don't get it. Martial arts is my life.

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.

My understanding of the world is all through the prism of martial arts. It's affected every aspect of my life.

My father John taught me about hard work and the importance of manners.

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

The dojo system in Japan is something very unique. It prepared me not only for wrestling in the States and around the world, but it also prepared me for how to handle myself as an adult in the real world.

And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble.

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

You've got to be a disciplined person if you want to succeed both in sport and in life.

The thing about dancing - what it taught me all those years - is it gives you an amazing sense of discipline in forcing yourself to do things that you know are good for you but you don't really want to do.