I think every young child can learn through any martial art. They would then learn to respect their life, respect their parents, respect their country, and respect the whole world.
JACKIE CHANLife will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.
More Jackie Chan Quotes
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When I was a young stunt guy the director would say: “You’re useless” But I wanted to be the best, I wanted to be a super stunt guy. That’s how I built myself, because of martial arts and everything.
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Kung fu lives in everything we do. It lives in how we put on a jacket and how we take off a jacket. It lives in how we treat people. Everything is kung fu.
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When I look at young kids today I just don’t believe it, parents take away the Gameboy and they’re suicidal. They cannot take the pressure.
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Speaking English is like tongue-twist for me. I can speak each word perfect, but then you have to string them together like, ‘Blah, blah, blah.’ That’s when I get crazy.
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When I was young I trained a lot. I trained my mind, I trained my eyes, trained my thinking, how to help people. And it trained me how to deal with pressure.
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Life will knock us down, but we can choose whether or not to stand back up.
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Nothing makes me more determined to succeed than someone telling me something’s impossible.
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Pain is my daily routine. As long as I don’t go to the hospital, it’s nothing for me.
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We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You’re always helping people.
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I just want people to remember me like I remember Buster Keaton. When they talk about Buster Keaton or Gene Kelly, people say, ‘Ah yes, they good.’ Maybe one day, they remember Jackie Chan that way.
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I’m good for some things, bad for a lot of things.
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Besides entertainment and action, I want to educate. You know, as a producer or director, we do have a responsibility to society.
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We have to do what we can to help wherever and whenever it is possible for us to help.
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Family is not who’s blood is in you, is who you love and who loves you.
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In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me ‘Jackie Who?’.
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