Jose Aldo

I wanted to train jiu-jitsu instead of capoeira because the mat was soft. It was better than training capoeira on the hard floor. I started reading jiu-jitsu magazines, reading about the world champions, and becoming one of them became my goal.

Brazilian Athlete

Jason David Frank

When it comes to belts and rank, I don't care what belt I am; I don't care what rank I am. I'm proud that I've achieved high ranks through some great instructors around the world, but ultimately, the mat doesn't lie.

American Actor

Ranvir Shorey

If I have a yoga mat or a pair of jogging shoes, I can stay fit anywhere. The important thing is staying motivated. Because if you're not driven to keep fit, no amount of time or equipment will help.

Indian Actor

Jordan Burroughs

People need to feel like their heroes are human, not on the mat but in the world. The more people can see that, the more they can understand that they're capable of doing great things as well.

American Athlete

Ronda Rousey

My first injury ever was a broken toe, and my mother made me run laps around the mat for the rest of the night. She said she wanted me to know that even if I was hurt, I was still fine.

Kelita Zupancic

At the end of the day, you can only fight from yourself. It is only you out there on that mat - but it sure helps knowing you have a great team of supporters cheering for you!

Canadian Athlete

Naguib Mahfouz

It's clearly more important to treat one's fellow man well than to be always praying and fasting and touching one's head to a prayer mat.

Egyptian Novelist

Ophelia Lovibond

I've never read a self help book... the most self-help I've read is on a beer mat.

English Actress

Henry Cejudo

I come from the sport of wrestling, where there's nothing but respect on the mat.

The Iron Sheik

Iranian Wrestler

Mats are often found at the entrance of a room or building to prevent dirt spread.

Location Specific

Bath mats absorb water and prevent slipping in the bathroom after a shower.

Hygiene Helper

Sports mats are used to cushion falls and reduce injuries during physical activities.

Safety Equipment

Different sports use different types of mats, tailored for specific activities.

Sports Context

Matted fur or hair needs attention; regular brushing prevents tangling.

Grooming Importance

The mat in a frame can enhance the visual appeal of artwork by adding border space.

Art Presentation

Mats protect artwork by keeping the glass from touching the art, preventing damage.

Conservation Purpose

 stay up almost vertical most of them but some of them also and do hang upside down and do all sorts of funny things but it's our character that's going to pop his head up lots of bubbles and that can be all sorts of things and oxygen being released out of the mat below with the roots of the plants that are growing

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 microbe is going to cause the next pandemic since we know how it happens we can predict where it's most likely to happen so you know infectious disease modelers have come up with hotspot mats you know basically a map of the world where places where there's a lot of invasion of wildlife habitat there's a

How to make pandemics...

 as it consists of a portable mat which has pressure sensors which can count the number of people walking on it, and sends the data over the internet to the advanced data analysis software we created. The possible errors, like overcounting or double-stepping, were overcome using design interventions.

A life-saving invention...

 should find a way to to get some of these great questions in front of you mat so that you can answer them but I think the the one that I just like to ask here is about physical exercise we're seeing a lot of people just wondering how they can use exercise to help with their sleep

Why sleep matters now...

 amount of fishing gear here really made us afraid that something was going on that there might have been the mat there might be some illegal fishing nearby and we decided to check another Island or you know which is the closest to a human population to see if there were some

Enric Sala: Journey to...

 When Stephen reached the pinnacle, he rested on a platform of crisscrossing branches and needles. Growing in the soil mat was a huckleberry bush with ripe berries! He ate some and waited for his friend. Stephen had discovered a new world hundreds of feet above the ground.

What's hidden among the...

 The largest organism on the planet is a mycelial mat, one cell wall thick. How is it that this organism can be so large, and yet be one cell wall thick, whereas we have five or six skin layers that protect us? The mycelium, in the right conditions, produces a mushroom --

6 ways mushrooms can...

 saved money and bought land, but they also designed and helped construct their own houses. Well, these were illiterate women, so how did they do that? They used floor mats and saris to understand measurements.

What if the poor were...

 proportion things are definitely better now but South Georgia faces a new set of threats the warming climate and changing ocean currents have major repercussions for the wildlife here like forcing mat

How Wildlife Overcame...

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