When you seek it, you cannot find it.
-Zen Proverb
"To me, Judo is like a ballet,
except there's no music,
no choreography, and the dancers knock each other down."
-Jack Handey
Your hand cannot reach it
Nor your mind exceed it.
When you no longer seek it,
It is always with you.
"It should hardly be necessary to remind the student that temperate living, high thinking, the strict observance of bodily hygiene, regular elimination and the sedulous avoidance of sexual excess are part and parcel of the mental, physical and moral equipment of the truly zealous Judoka. Contempt for or neglect of any of these desiderata is calculated to defeat
-E.J. Harrison, Manual of Judo
I may venture to say, loosely, that in Judo there is a sort of counter for every twist, wrench, pull, push or bend. Only the Judo expert does not oppose such movements at all. No, he yields to them. But he does much more than yield to them. He aids them with a wicked sleight that causes the assailant to put out his own shoulder, to fracture his own arm, or in a desparate case, even to break his own neck or back.
-Lafcadio Hearn
Remember: "Ouch" is not used in Judo
(and will probably get you some push-ups!)