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If you were fortunate enough to be his friend, there was no one as loyal and devoted as Bruce Lee. If you were down, he’d be the first one to try to cheer you up; if you needed money and he had it, he’d give it to you; if you were up, he’d remember stories and jokes that would lift you up even higher. Many words come to mind when I think about Bruce, but the two that come to mind most frequently are “great company.” I’ve never met a person who I’ve more enjoyed spending time with. Not only was it intellectually rewarding to spend time in his presence, it was an emotionally uplifting experience as well. My soul actually felt fortified at the end of a day spent with Bruce.

I was fortunate in being able to train and share life experiences with Bruce in Los Angeles, Oakland, and Hong Kong. I remember coming to visit him at this house in Bel Air after he had hurt his back in 1970 and he was forced to stay in bed for six months. However, during that time—and true to his philosophy of “turning a stumbling block into a stepping-stone”—Bruce didn’t complain or lament this apparently cruel twist of fate. Instead, he began to write—and his writings filled volumes (seven of them, in fact). I marveled then (and again now that I think about it) how productive and artistic he was—even while injured. Lesser human beings would simply have given up, but then Bruce Lee was never a lesser human being. He was always a great human being; an inspiration and role model for not only individuals of Chinese ancestry such as myself, but for ail individuals who value, as Bruce did, the potential of the human spirit for achievement and producing work of outstanding and enduring quality.