If you are always allowed to stop training whenever you feel discomfort, you will find it too easy to give yourself permission to quit.
JET LII never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat.
More Jet Li Quotes
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I hope everyone can examine what is the most important relationship in life – the relationship between parent and child.
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When I lived in Hong Kong, I felt that Hong Kong is my family.
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Failure is a fuel for excuses.
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I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. Three years later I got my first championship in China.
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You can use martial arts to tell a different story. Ang Lee used martial arts in ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ to talk about love.
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I’ve been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old.
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I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16. I think I have proved my ability in this field and it won’t make sense for me to continue for another five or 10 years.
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I can feel very brave through all the action scenes in front of the people who are on the set, but when a girl comes close to me my face turns red because I’m so shy.
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Everywhere I go, I still have time to meditate. People think meditating is sitting there, nobody bothering you, but you can even talk and still meditate
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The audience makes the decision of what kind of actor they want to watch. I always have said in the last 20 years, the real boss is the audience.
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But recently I’ve, the past few years, I’m more focused on meditation. It’s not a physical part. It’s more mental part, to understand life.
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Zhang is a friend of mine: he said forget about acting and just do normal things in the movie.
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A weapon isn’t good or bad, depends on the person who uses it.
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Wushu is a move in Chinese, a physical move. An attack. Wushu is like an art.
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One cannot choose how one’s life begins but one can choose to face the end with courage
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