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“One of the hardest concepts about explaining deadly force is that so few people have a frame of reference. They cannot really grasp what it is to use deadly force or what it will be like to exist even for a few seconds in the conditions that would justify it.”
― Rory Miller, Scaling Force: Dynamic Decision Making Under Threat of Violence

“Fitness does not always mean size and strength. People inexperienced at violence look at size first, muscle definition second. Experienced people look at movement.”
― Rory Miller, Scaling Force: Dynamic Decision Making Under Threat of Violence

“Fitness is objectively the most important effect of martial arts training. The physical skills and self-defense aspects of training will never save as many people from violence as the conditioning will save from early heart attacks.”
― Rory Miller, Meditations on Violence: A Comparison of Martial Arts Training & Real World Violence

“Risking your life for anything other than saving a life is ego, it's bullshit, and it is childish.”
― Rory Miller, Scaling Force: Dynamic Decision Making Under Threat of Violence