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Bruce Lee was a Chinese-American martial artist, film actor, philosopher, and founder of Jeet Kune Do. He is considered one of the most influential martial artists of all time and is known for his innovative approach to martial arts and his philosophy of using what works best for the individual. Lee's films, such as 'Enter the Dragon' and 'Fist of Fury', have become iconic and have had a lasting impact on the martial arts genre.

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Famous Bruce Lee Quotes

“You have to love everyone, not only women, but men as well. You don't have to have sex with a man, but you have to be able to relate to his separate physicality. If you don't, you will never be able to fight him, to drive our fist through his chest, to snap his neck, to gouge out his eyes”

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Author:Bruce Lee

“When you're talking about fighting, as it is, with no rules, well then, baby you'd better train every part of your body!”

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“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”

“Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.”

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“Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it.”

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“Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life! Do not be concerned with escaping safely- lay your life before him!!”

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Book:Bruce Lee: Artist of Life

Source: Bruce Lee: Artist of Life

“Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”

“A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract; and when he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity, "I" do not hit, "it" hits all by itself.”

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Author:Bruce Lee

“You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession. For instance, if a man has decided that he is going to bite off your nose no matter what happens to him in the process, the chances are he will succeed in doing it. He may be severely beaten up, too, but that will not stop him from carrying out his objective. That is the real fighter.”

“Jeet Kune Do favors formlessness so that it can assume all forms and since Jeet Kune Do has no style, it can fit in with all styles. As a result, Jeet Kune Do utilizes all ways and is bound by none and, likewise, uses any techniques which serve its end.”

Way Ends Use Form Success Fighting Results Style Fit Assuming Bounds Technique Favors

Book:Tao of Jeet Kune Do

Source: Tao of Jeet Kune Do

“A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard.”

Inspirational Fighting Endure Kicks Bodyguard Punching Martial Artist Fighting On

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“I personally do not believe in the word style. Why? Because, unless there are human beings with three arms and four legs, unless we have another group of human beings that are structually different from us, there can be no different style of fighting.”

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Book:Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way

Source: Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way

“Forget about winning and losing, forget about pride and pain”

Pain Fighting Winning Forget Pride Losing Martial Arts Winning And Losing Fracture

Book:Bruce Lee: Artist of Life

Source: Bruce Lee: Artist of Life

“When you fight, if it is a real fight, use every tool that you have, use your whole body. Use your fists, your legs, your fingers, your head if you have to, and hit them in every vulnerable spot, the balls, the eyes etc. to win.”

Ifs Real Whole Use Body Eye Fighting Winning Tools Balls Fingers Legs Spots Vulnerable Etc Fists

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“If you knew you had to fight for your life tomorrow, would you change your training today?”

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“There's so much myth and baloney. Like a 80-year-old man able to manhandle a 300-pounder with his little finger. Ridiculous. Or this matter of breaking bricks and boards wth the edge of your hand. Now I ask you, did you ever see a brick or a board pick a fight with anybody?”

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“He who wants to succeed should learn how to fight, to strive and to suffer. You can acquire a lot in life, if you are prepared to give up a lot to get it.”

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Book:Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

Source: Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

“The essence of fighting is the art of moving at the right time.”

Art Moving Fighting Essence Right Time

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“My style? You can call it the art of fighting without fighting.”

Art Fighting Style

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“I don't believe in different ways of fighting now. I mean, unless human beings have 3 arms and 3 legs, then we will have a different way of fighting. But basically we all have two arms and two legs so that is why I believe there should be only one way of fighting and that is no way.”

Way Should Believe Humans Mean Two Different Fighting I Believe Human Beings Inspiring Arms Don't Believe Legs One Way Different Ways

Author:Bruce Lee