"Defeat is also a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as reality. To me, defeat in anything is merely temporary, and its punishment is but an urge for me to greater effort to achieve my goal. Defeat simply tells me that something is wrong in my doing; it is a path leading to success and truth." - Bruce Lee
"All the time, people come up and say "Bruce - are you really that good?" I say, "Well, if I tell you I'm good, probably you will say that I'm boasting. But if I tell you I'm not good, you'll know I'm lying." - Bruce Lee
"To tell the truth, I could beat anybody in the world. " - Bruce Lee
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Many of Bruce Lee's statements are derived from his own studies of various schools of philosophy and the martial arts, and are sometimes paraphrases of previous expressions by others which he wrote down for his own instruction into his own words.
He was no doubt a great martial artist and philosopher and much more.....
"Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." - Bruce Lee
"I wouldn't put a dime on anyone to beat Bruce Lee in real confrontation. Bruce Lee was the best street fighter I ever saw, even to this day, and not just pound for pound - but against anyone in real fight." - James Demile, Boxing Champion and Martial Artist
"Lee, pound for pound, might well have been one of the strongest men in the world, and certainly one of the quickest". - Chuck Norris
"Bruce was incredibly strong for his size. He could take a 75lb barbell and from a standing position with the barbell held flush against his chest, he could slowly stick his arms out, lock them and hold the barbell there for 20 seconds, that's pretty damn tough for a guy who at the time only weighed 138lbs. I know 200lb weight lifters who can't do that." - Joe Lewis
"I considered him by far the greatest. And for those who don´t considering him the greatest, at least he is the top candidate for being actually the greatest." -Joe Lewis, quoted in "Death by Misadventure"
"We did, however, periodically spar. Believe it or not, it was fun! I can say that because Bruce and I were friends, and we deeply respected each other as masters of martial arts." - Chuck Norris
"I last saw Bruce after he moved from Culver City to Bel Air. He had a big heavy bag hanging out on his patio. It weighed 300lbs. I could hardly move it at all. Bruce said to me "Hey, Wally, watch this" and he jumped back and kicked it and this monster of a heavy bag went up to the ceiling, Thump!!! And came back down. I still can't believe the power that guy had". - Wally Jay
"Bruce Lee was the best fighter, physically, I've ever seen. And he hit the hardest. I've sparred with just about every top karate man in the sport, even had the wind knocked out of me by Joe Lewis side kick, but Bruce Lee hit harder than all of them." - Hayward Nishioka, Pan Am Games Gold Medalist in Black Belt interview 1994
"Bruce Lee was awesome. Absolutely awesome. He was fast as lightning, hit like a heavyweight. Great foot work, great defense, great offense and smart. The man was a true genius in martial arts.He could been world lightweight champion if he so chose. He was that good." - Bob Wall, Karate Champion in Black Belt interview 1994
"I've seen a lot of martial artists over the years, but Bruce Lee was the best. I was much older than Bruce when we met, but I was very experienced. Still, I could never touch him. He was so damn fast." - Jhoon Ree, Father of American Taekwondo
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