My Mastery: Learning to Live through Jiu Jitsu
Chris Matakas
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Wearing a black belt does not make you a super hero, and wearing a white belt does not mean you have little to offer as a person. It is what we do in the belts we wear, and not the belts themselves that matter.”
“There is no higher calling than service to your fellow man, and to do so through your own personal mastery of a craft is a gift enjoyed by few. Cultivate this gift, and give it away.”
“The major events in our lives receive the entire spotlight, but ultimately your life will be defined by the same handful of choices you make each day.”
“Relativity is a beautiful, irrifutable truth. We must acknowledge that wearing a black belt in jiu jitsu does not make you a black belt in life. In the home, there are black belts who are white belt fathers, and there are white belts who are black belt fathers. This holds true for all areas of life. A black belt does not mean you are successful in life. It does mean that you have mastered this art to an enormous degree, and that the skills you have acquired can be transmuted to a plethora of other activities. It does not mean, however, that you have done this.”
“You have become more and therefore expect more, but never become too purpose-driven to step back and realize just how far you have progressed.”
“You are never as good as you think you are, and you are never as bad as you believe yourself to be.”
“We see that the vast majority of our suffering is needless, and simply arises from the misidentification with our thinking mind.”
“Jiu Jitsu is the vehicle. Not the road.”
“If you are fortunate enough to have a particular activity with which you find greatest joy and technical success, it is your responsibility as a growing human being to continue that study. Whatever your endeavor, if you can expand upon the knowledge in your strongest subject, that new found understanding of all things will trickle down to every other area of your life.”
“I train because it makes every area of my life better, and it makes me better at every area of my life.”
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