Helio Gracie famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Always assume that your opponent is going to be bigger, stronger and faster than you; so that you learn to rely on technique, timing and leverage rather than brute strength
-- Helio Gracie

#Art #Stronger #Technique
Jiu Jitsu is a mousetrap. The trap does not chase the mouse. But when the mouse grabs the cheese, the trap plays its role.
-- Helio Gracie

#Art #Play #Doe
For the choke, there are no 'tough guys'
-- Helio Gracie

#Art #Guy #Tough
The Jiu Jitsu I created was designed to give the weak ones a chance to face the heavy and strong.
-- Helio Gracie

#Art #Strong #Giving
Jiu-Jitsu is like a philosophy. It helps me learn how to face life.
-- Helio Gracie

#Philosophy #Jiu Jitsu #Faces
Jiu-jitsu is personal efficiency to protect the weaker, which anyone can do. It is the force of leverage against brute force.
-- Helio Gracie

#Art #Jiu Jitsu #Efficiency
To do the right thing at the right season is a great art.
-- Helio Gracie

#Art #Mma #Great Art
You should never have a power, in any area, with the purpose of harming someone.
-- Helio Gracie

#Art #Purpose #Martial Arts
For the choke, there are no "tough guys". With an arm lock he can be tough and resist the pain. With the choke he just passes out, goes to sleep.
-- Helio Gracie

#Art #Pain #Sleep
Usually, a well thought answer makes an aggressor think twice.
-- Helio Gracie

#Art #Thinking #Answers
I don't defeat my opponents, they defeat themselves.
-- Helio Gracie

#Art #Opponents #Martial Arts
I knew I wasn't going to lose and that was based on the fact that I wanted not to lose.
-- Helio Gracie

#Art #Facts #Martial Arts
A real jiu-jitsu fighter does not go around beating people down. Our defense is made to neutralize aggression.
-- Helio Gracie

#Art #Real #People
I created a flag from the sport's dignity. I oversee the name of my family with affection, steady nerves and blood.
-- Helio Gracie

#Sports #Blood #Names

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