Bruce Lee: Quotes & Facts

This book is an anthology of 105 quotes from Bruce Lee and selected by Blago Kirov facts about Bruce Lee. It grants his reflections on subjects ranging from Martial Arts to Meaning of Life; in addition, the book shows the personality of Bruce Lee into a different than legend, more human light:



Bruce Lee’s secret hobby was writing poetry.

Bruce Lee wasn't wholesome Chinese - he was in fact part German; his grandfather from his mother's side was half German.

When asked by a radio interviewer, 'do you think of yourself as a Chinese or do you ever think of yourself as North American?' Bruce replied: 'As a human being'.



“Walk on.”

“If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.”

“A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at.”

“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.”

“Possession of anything begins in the mind.”

“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.”