Jiu Jitsu is the vehicle. Not the road.
– Chris Matakas
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- Jiu Jitsu is a vehicle for self-discovery and growth. It reminds me of my ego, of my insecurities, and of my shortcomings. – Chris Matakas
- Relationships formed through Jiu Jitsu are deeply rooted in respect for one another, and this is often not the case in matters of modern society. – Chris Matakas
- Jiu Jitsu provides a place of fellowship that, unfortunately, our society has largely failed to create. – Chris Matakas
- It is fellowship, this most fundamental need on our way toward achieving our highest expression of the human experience, which Jiu Jitsu provides. – Chris Matakas
- This is the opportunity the fellowship of Jiu Jitsu affords us. To reach our highest potential of self, and then to offer that self to another. – Chris Matakas
- We call it training. Not because we are training for Jiu Jitsu. We are training for life. – Chris Matakas
- Jiu Jitsu can be a source of total transparency such as a mirror, but it takes a conscious choice to see what it has to say. – Chris Matakas
- For the sincere student, it mustn’t be enough to simply understand Jiu Jitsu. We must seek to understand ourselves. – Chris Matakas
- There is no concrete way to play Jiu Jitsu, and this is why so many different types of people find joy in it. – Chris Matakas
- By becoming a black belt, you will become whatever it is you wanted to be in the first place, and Jiu Jitsu will have served its aim. – Chris Matakas
- Your progress as a Jiu Jitsu practitioner is a direct reflection of the standards you have for yourself. – Chris Matakas
- The most beautiful road is the road you think it is the most beautiful road! – Mehmet Murat ildan
- For an infinite journey, we need an endless road, an immortal vehicle and an eternal body! – Mehmet Murat ildan
- With his extensive experience of over two decades in the law field, Chris Salamone is the present CEO of the law firm, Chris M. Salamone & Associates – Chris Salamone
- Systems and processes will always surpass motivation. – Chris Matakas
- Thoreau went to the woods. I went to the mats. – Chris Matakas
- I believe that which you study is only matched in importance by the sincerity with which you approach it. – Chris Matakas
- In mastering one thing, you have mastered all things because you have learned how to learn. – Chris Matakas
- Freedom from the thinking mind is our underlying goal for most of human activity. – Chris Matakas
- The rare opportunity to exist, no matter how brief, is worth the pain left in the wake of its disappearance. – Chris Matakas
- No one’s life will be harder because I exist. – Chris Matakas
- The quality of your life is directly proportional to the positive effect you have on others’ lives. – Chris Matakas
- Plateaus are a manifestation of the law of diminishing returns, and when we reach one it simply means that it is time to adjust our methods. – Chris Matakas
- Your potential for growth is directly proportionate to the degree to which you are willing to make mistakes. – Chris Matakas
- A core group of guys, all sharing similar goals, can move mountains. – Chris Matakas
- Do not get caught pursuing the goals of who you used to be instead of who you are. – Chris Matakas
- The more specifically you define your goals the more attainable they become. – Chris Matakas
- Constantly re-evaluating your purpose is the best way to ensure that you are pursuing the goals of who you are and not who you used to be. – Chris Matakas
- We strive toward the middle, and we run from ourselves. – Chris Matakas
- Language has created a barrier that prevents us from seeing existence as it truly is. – Chris Matakas
- The very fact that you can observe this thinking mind is proof that you are not this thinking mind. – Chris Matakas
- Your job as a young adult is to become as valuable to the marketplace as you can. Your job as a human is to do so without working a day in your life. – Chris Matakas
- We tend to view ourselves as this, lying in contradiction with everything that is not ourselves, that. – Chris Matakas
- We are never truly ourselves as we are mid-roll. – Chris Matakas
- The best indicator of a man’s philosophy is not what he reads or says, but the way in which he lives his life, the way in which he acts. – Chris Matakas
- A man has only so much life, and must diversify his efforts according to his values. – Chris Matakas
- It was my letting go that gave me a better hold. – Chris Matakas
- If we do not master ourselves, we will be a slave to ourselves. – Chris Matakas
- Mastery does not exist. – Chris Matakas
- Mastery, to whatever degree your circumstance allows, is determined by a handful of choices repeated daily. – Chris Matakas