He was a teacher first of all. He taught philosophy and tried to spread knowledge and wisdom... The integrity with which Bruce lived his life and tried to uphold what he believed to be right - that is a clear example of how it ought to be done. No matter what it is you're doing, do it with total honesty and total dedication. He definitely influenced me
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar-
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Bruce's philosophy seemed always to be going back to the Zen origins, where contradictory advice states the simplest of all truths. Bruce's lessons were lessons without being lessons; he was not a teacher, yet he was the greatest teacher I've ever known.
- Stirling Silliphant-
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I thought Bruce was a brilliant, fine philosopher about everyday living. He was very much into finding out who he was. His comment to people was "Know Yourself". The good head that he acquired was through his knowing himself. He and I used to have great long discussions about that. No matter what you do in life, if you don't know yourself, you're never going to be able to appreciate anything in life. That, I think, is today's mark of a good human being - to know yourself.
- Steve McQueen-
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We'd work out for an hour, then we'd talk for an hour about a lot things. He didn't separate life from the extension in his arm. And he is the only one I know of that carried it to the point of real art.
- James Coburn-
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For every question you asked him he would never have to think about it, he would just blurt it right out. Bruce would cover every point with a little saying. If he would see that you were having trouble with something, he would always know just what to tell you. It would seem like he was always dusting off your "bogie man". Like if there was something that you were scared of, Bruce wold notice and then say, "Ah, scared of what, well look at it this way." He would change your whole idea about it. Bruce had sayings for everything.
-Bob Bremer, student of Bruce Lee-
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