In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me 'Jackie Who?'.
Interpretation
This quote reflects Jackie Chan's struggles and feelings of humiliation during his early career in Hollywood due to language barriers and lack of recognition.
Jackie Chan shares a personal experience from his early days in Hollywood, where he faced significant challenges, including language difficulties and a lack of recognition, which made him feel degraded and marginalized. He likens this experience to that of a dog, highlighting the sense of being looked down upon and the struggle for acceptance in a foreign environment. This quote underscores the journey of overcoming adversity and gaining respect through perseverance.
In practice
During a motivational speech about overcoming obstacles in your career.
American stuntmen are smart - they think about safety. When they do a jump in a car, they calculate everything: the speed, the distance... But in Hong Kong, we don't know how to count. Everything we do is a guess. If you've got the guts, you do it. All of my stuntmen have gotten hurt.
One thing I did pick up from Cannonball Run was the use of bloopers and outtakes under the final credits, which I've done in all my movies since.
Martial arts is not for hurting people, it's for protecting people.
Martial arts is for defense. It's not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend.
We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.
One very interesting framework for a company to succeed over time - beyond just business logic and analytics - is, do they have a reason why the best graduates in engineering programs will flock to them versus competitors?
It occurs to me that, after the huge output of writing I've produced over the years, there is a close link between my twin careers as investment executive and financial writer: The power of the word and the power of the book have played a major role in turning my vision... into reality.
I just wanted to play tennis. It wasn't a job. It was an ambition. I knew I could make money at it. I was 18 - old enough to think I could do it, young enough not to consider the consequences.
We believe that almost all really good investment records will involve relatively little diversification. The basic idea that it was hard to find good investments and that you wanted to be in good investments, and therefore, you'd just find a few of them that you knew a lot about and concentrate on those seemed to me such an obviously good idea. And indeed, it's proven to be an obviously good idea. Yet 98% of the investing world doesn't follow it. That's been good for us.
If you want a solid future, you need to create it. You can take charge of your future only when you take control of your income source. You need your own business.
The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation.
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