A Timeline of Greatness
Born in San Francisco's Chinatown during the Year of the Dragon
"Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water."
Moved to America with $100 and began teaching martial arts
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."
Long Beach International Karate Championships
"The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus."
Starred as Kato, introducing martial arts to Western TV
"Knowledge will give you power, but character respect."
Founded his own martial arts philosophy
"Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own."
Released his most iconic film, changing cinema forever
"Be water, my friend."
"Using no way as way, having no limitation as limitation."
"The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action."
"Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind."