Maggie Q Quotes

I'm a trained martial artist. My parents were both martial artists.

I'm a martial artist, and I don't train because I have a fight; I train because it's my lifestyle, and I'll train every day if I'm not hurt.

I'm a martial arts buff, so anything martial arts.

Kung fu: You've got to spend your whole life at it before you're kung fu.

I've been doing martial arts since I was 9.

I was a pretty fit and physical kid, and my first interest was in martial arts and kung fu with all the Bruce Lee movies.

I did learn Chinese kung-fu in a school for a short time, but I couldn't afford to pay for long-term learning.

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

I've been taking martial arts for a long time. I started with tae kwon do, and then I started taking karate and mixed martial arts.

A lot of Chinese martial arts films were based on Chinese martial arts novels. And these novels created a world of putting history, calligraphy, and martial arts into one.

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.

I've been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old.

There is a difference between a fighter and a martial artist. A fighter is training for a purpose: He has a fight. I'm a martial artist. I don't train for a fight. I train for myself. I'm training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection.

I had a bit of a martial arts background from when I was a teenager: I did a bit of karate.

I started training in martial arts when I was 7 years old. I got my first black belt at 13.

To make a film like 'The Grandmaster,' I know I'm not going to make just a standard kung-fu film; it's not going to be just tricks or like wire works. So I spent seven years on the road interviewing different schools and a lot of real grandmasters from Chinese martial arts.

I fight with good strikers every day.

My father was the first person to introduce me to self-defense and martial arts, which I've been doing all my life now.

That's why I love jiu-jitsu, this is the best martial art in the world. It's an art that seeks the peace, to dominate your opponent.

No, I'm not a student of Snake Eyes, but we trained in the same dojo.

I wish there were more kung fu films. They are a part of our culture.

I'm training in martial arts. It's a whole new world for me and I'm loving it. I do that or hot yoga; I have to do some kind of exercise.

I breathe martial arts every day of my life.

I grew up in a kung fu house. It wasn't until I got older that I discovered that most families didn't talk about the Shaolin Temple or Jackie Chan at the dinner table.

You don't 'practice' martial arts; it's more like a way of life.