My time of martial arts was traditional.Jean-Claude Van DammeTheWorldMotivation.comTry New ThemeDownloadSharePin ItCopied to clipboard!“My time of martial arts was traditional.
“I'm a big traveler these days. I was in Hong Kong. I live there. I was just in Belgium with my parents and now I'm on my way to North America. You will find me all over.”Jean-Claude Van DammeBelgium
“You know, I looked at my face in the mirror this morning, and I like being old. My face has more content and when I train in the gym now, I am not training to be strong or handsome - just better than I was yesterday. These days the race is just against myself.”
“We were second-generation immigrants, and it was luxury enough to go to college. The luxury of the arts was still a generation away.”Robert PicardoArts
“Music had been my first love among the arts, and I was fascinated by it, as I still am.”Harry MathewsArts
“One of the things that happens a lot in mixed martial arts and fighting in general is that fighters are played against each other all the time by the promoters. It's hard to get that group to come together because we are pitted against each other.”
“The action films I will make in the future will be more believable and character-based. I am now on my second cycle of fame, and I want to make films that smell real and are truthful.”Jean-Claude Van DammeBelievable
“Karate's a very boring sport, but when you know the technique you can go further and further.”Jean-Claude Van DammeBoring
“My father didn't compete ever in martial arts tournaments because they were not real. They were tag tournaments or touch tournaments, which he thought was bizarre and not really what the martial arts is about.”Shannon LeeArts
“My father came from an intellectual and studious avenue as opposed to a brawler's avenue. So I had to go further afield and I brought all kinds of unscrupulous oiks back home - earless, toothless vagabonds - to teach me the arts of the old bagarre.”Tom HardyArts
“I still do all my developing and printing in my darkroom. Being in New York, you get tremendous exposure to great arts. In my student years, I saw exhibitions of August Sander and Diane Arbus. I still go back to their pictures. I don't really go for contemporary photo shows.”Sung Jin ParkArts