57+ Best Jiu Jitsu Quotes: Exclusive Selection

Jiujitsu is a type of self-defence from Japan that does not involve weapons and is done as a sport. Other similar sports such as judo and karate are based on it. Profoundly inspirational jiu jitsu quotes will brighten up your day and make you feel ready to take on anything.

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Famous Jiu Jitsu Quotes

My ego is my enemy and my opponent is my teacher Renzo Gracie

Jiu Jitsu is my therapy, my passion, my life. Matt Serra

If you ask me what belt I am today I’ll answer you that I’m still a white belt who never gave up Jean Jaques Machado

There is no losing in Jiu Jitsu. You either win or you learn. Carlos Gracie, Jr.

The Art of Jiu Jitsu is worth more in every way than all of our athletics combined U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt

Travis Lutter is like the Michael Jordan of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Mike Goldberg

You can’t lose in Jiu Jitsu. You either win or you learn Carlos Gracie, Sr.

Jiu Jitsu is like a philosophy. It helps me learn how to face life. Helio Gracie

In the fight, only one person can be comfortable. Your job is to transfer the comfort from your opponent to you. Rickson Gracie

The biggest lesson I learned from jiu jitsu was how to truly know myself Carlos Gracie

Everything about Jiu Jitsu, I love it  the school, the mat, the ring. Marcelo Garcia

Anger brought me to jiu jitsu, but love made me stay Abmar Barbosa

Jiu Jitsu has been one of the most valuable tools I’ve ever had in my life. Joe Rogan

Never give up on your dreams Ricardo Vieira

I don’t know Jiu Jitsu, I don’t know wrestling, all I know is how to fight. James Toney

The best thing about jiu jitsu is the honor it provides Fábio Gurgel

Spend more time in a Jiu Jitsu gi than in street clothes. Ryron Gracie

It’s as real as it can get. That has made me a better person. It’s made me a better man. It’s made me understand myself, my weaknesses, my strengths, the shit I need to work on. Jiu jitsu has been one of the most valuable tools I’ve ever had in my life. Joe Rogan

The essential characteristic of jiu jitsu is very simple. It’s the science and art of control that leads to submission. John Danaher

For all the doubters all I want to say is, you should try and get to know me better. If you did you would know I never give up Victor Shaolin Ribeiro

When you do Jiu Jitsu, you won’t look at a bigger guy and say ‘oh no’, you’ll look and say how interesting Rener Gracie

To be champion all you have to do is train. But first, one must be a good person. Be a friend at the academy, learn to help. To be good at Jiu Jitsu it’s all about believing and training, there isn’t that much else you can do. Rodolfo Vieira

Jiu Jitsu at the end of the day, is the art of expressing yourself honestly. Every time you put on a Gi, you can’t lie. Saulo Ribeiro

If you want to be a lion you must train with lions Carlos Gracie, Sr.

When you first start to do jiu jitsu everyone has the goal of being a black belt. You want to be great at everything you do. Junior dos Santos

Fighting is not a physical thing, it is a spiritual thing Rickson Gracie

The pine fought the storm and broke. The willow yielded to the wind and snow and did not break. Practice Jiu Jitsu in just this way. Kano Jigoro

The more I train the luckier I get Renzo Gracie

I wasn’t a good student, and even now I never say that I am better than anybody, but I know I love Jiu Jitsu more than anybody.  I love the energy and that it gets deeper the more you study. Marcelo Garcia

Be just with the good and tameless against the perverse Leonardo Vieira

The big, strong, tough guy goes to class, and he keeps getting tapped by the skinny, technical guy. It begins to change him. It makes him humble. That’s what Jiu Jitsu does to you. It makes you humble. Relson Gracie

The rule is to train, train and train some more. Train until the lamb becomes the lion Paulo Miyao

There’s more philosophy in jiu-jitsu mats than in any Ivy League school in America. Renzo Gracie 

I wanted to prove that an ant can beat a cockroach Fernando Tererê after reaching the final of the ultra heavyweight division at the 2004 World Jiu Jitsu Championship 

For me, I learnt from jiu jitsu and martial arts to be humble and to go forward in life in a positive way. Ricardo Liborio 

Here you will have a bad time all the time Walid Ismail

If you think, you are late. If you are late, you use strength. If you use strength you get tired. And if you get tired, you die! Saulo Ribeiro

Jiu jitsu is not the art of hitting, it’s the art of not getting hit Royce Gracie

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 

Always Assume that your opponent is going to be bigger, stronger, and faster than you. So, you have to learn to rely on technique, timing, and leverage rather than brute strength Helio Gracie

The best thing that could’ve happened to me was that I learned a lot in Vegas, but I didn’t know how to implement it. Whenever I came to Texas, all we had was Marc Laimon, jiu jitsu coach. Johny Hendricks

The alligator Jacaré is very strong and can crush a few daisies Margarida but he can’t stop the Spring from coming Fernando Margarida

Jiu jitsu puts you completely in the moment, where you must have a complete focus on finding a solution to the problem. This trains the mind to build that focus, to increase your awareness, your capacity to solve problems. Rickson Gracie

The winner can brag, the loser can keep quiet Roberto Atalla

I do Jiu Jitsu so I can protect you when I fight you. Ryron Gracie

If it wasn’t for me, today the Gracie family would be selling bananas on the pavement Carlson Gracie

To be good at Jiu Jitsu it’s all about believing and training, there isn’t that much else you can do. Rodolfo Vieira

There is an era before, and another one after Rolls Gracie Royce Gracie

A real jiu jitsu fighter does not go around beating people down. Our defense is made to neutralize aggression. Helio Gracie 

I always try to attack. While I’m on the offensive, my opponent can think of nothing but defending. Marcelo Garcia

I don’t know any real jiu jitsu or judo or anything. I do movie kung fu. With that, you can fake a punch, but you can’t really fake a judo throw. Keanu Reeves

I wasn’t a good student, and even now I never say that I am better than anybody, but I know I love Jiu Jitsu more than anybody. I love the energy and that it gets deeper the more you study. Marcelo Garcia

Jiu Jitsu is a baptism by combat and serves a purpose in the inner life of the individual that has always existed, but our modern culture fails to acknowledge. Chris Marakas

When I step on the mat I know there is no other place I’d rather be. Marcelo Garcia

Sometimes I just want to be with my family and watch a movie and eat some popcorn. But when I step on the mat I know there is no other place I’d rather be. Marcelo Garcia