Ryoko Tani Quotes

I started doing martial arts when I was about 7, and I got my second degree black belt when I was 19. So I have my second degree black belt, but I've never used it, and I had to stop when I got 'Instant Star' because I couldn't train.

I was doing judo before anybody knew it existed in this country.

Above all, such sports as judo, in my view, teach people to relate to each other. They teach us to respect a partner, teach us to understand that an externally weak partner can not only put up worthy resistance, but, if you relax and take too much for granted, may even win.

I don't know whether it's the athlete in me or the passion I have for the game: I always think that I can step back on the field and play.

I'm hooked on martial arts.

I'm very, very, very interested in martial arts.

I'm a competitor in anything I do, especially boxing.

My earliest sporting memory is probably going judo when I was about 6 or 7 years old. My dad and my brother did it for a couple of years when I was young, in Nigeria.

I started training judo when I was 5 years old. I didn't know much. My mom just took me and my brother to do some judo because we were very energetic. We did that for a couple of years. I don't know why we stopped, but I came back to try other forms of martial arts like kung fu and karate when I was 12 and never stopped.

I was always into martial arts and boxing.

I did karate for a really long time, almost 10 years when I was younger.

The only thing I did is, I wore the same pair of socks in every decathlon I was ever in.

I competed in track for 10 years and have been doing kickboxing forever.

While other kids were out playing and doing healthy things, I read an ancient judo book with a neck hold that was fatal to so many people, they finally dropped it from judo.

I did martial arts and karate for eight years when I was growing up.

I was a wrestler. I played football, lacrosse. After high school, I got into jujitsu. I boxed my whole adult life.

I'm really into jujitsu. I'm a purple belt. I love it. It's a big part of my life.

Doing nothing would stress me out. So I am still pretty much active practicing judo with my friends, who are former judo athletes, to maintain our fitness as well as the friendships among us. In my spare time, I usually go jogging around the Gelora Bung Karno stadium or head to the gym.

I lost a lot of judo matches because of points fighters. It was extremely frustrating for me.

I just want to be a fighter. I just like to win fights.

I just want to do what I do best, and that's fight. I love it.

I do Taekwondo and sometimes I paint.

I don't stop when I am tired; I stop when I am done.

I used to have tears in my eyes on the way to practice because I was so focused. For me, track and field was serious business. I didn't have any friends. I was very isolated and very focused.

Our teams always play hard.