My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures.
JET LII didn’t go to normal children school. I went to sports school when I was 8. So I studied martial arts.
More Jet Li Quotes
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I remember when I was 11, I did some Kung-fu demonstrations in Hong Kong in 1974.
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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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I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16.
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Bruce Lee was very famous. I watched his movies and he is amazing. He is a martial arts master, his philosophy, his movement, both physically and mentally, were very strong.
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If you are always allowed to stop training whenever you feel discomfort, you will find it too easy to give yourself permission to quit.
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In martial arts, the biggest enemy is self. Inside you struggle because you want to prove something.
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Tibetan Buddhism, has inspired me and accelerated my understanding of life.
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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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My manager introduced me to the ‘Rise to Honor’ team. I was curious about what it took to be involved in video games, a completely new form of entertainment to me.
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A mob is a group of persons with heads but no brains.
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Learn the way and find your own way.
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Usually action films have a formula: good guy gets in trouble, his wife dies, friends have problems, so he goes to the mountain, learns martial arts, comes back, and kills the bad guy.
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Wushu is a move in Chinese, a physical move. An attack. Wushu is like an art.
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I want to thank my mum, my daddy, my coach, my teacher, everybody in my life.
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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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