Holistic Training Quotes

I don't train for sports. I've never trained for sports. I train for life, and sport is just a part of that. So when I start training, that's lifestyle training and that's why I go through so many things, whether it's yoga, kickboxing, wrestling or swimming.

Martial arts, when I do martial arts, it's more of a life type of training.

I try to understand the sport more and more as I develop, and I try to be a better fighter overall and work on everything, not just every aspect, I try to combine it too. I work on it every day, and I try to be a better fighter in every practice.

You have to train your mind just as much as you train your body.

I always stress condition with my basketball players. I don’t mean physical condition only. You cannot attain and maintain physical condition unless you are morally and mentally conditioned.

It is not the aim of Kenpo to merely produce a skillful as well as powerful practitioner, but to create a well integrated student respectful of all.

Train hard and try new things; everything you do outside of the cage counts as experience inside the cage.

Life is about being a versatile athlete and training in all realms of life.

Young dancers are training at a very vulnerable time in their lives... So train the whole person, not just the dancer.

I like to train the body from as many different angles as possible to use every modality available to do it.

They have a good ethos at Guildhall in that they basically throw loads of different things at you. Their theory is that after you leave, if you use 10 of those 100 things, that's great. The other 90, you might not agree with or might not work for you as an actor. But if you can find 10 that work for you, then ultimately you leave as a better actor.

Young dancers are training at a very vulnerable time in their lives, through adolescence, and while they are trying to work out who they are as people, never mind as a dancer. So train the whole person, not just the dancer.

I firmly believe that sleep and recovery are critical aspects of an effective and holistic training program.