Quotes from Matt Riddle

Lesnar is a bully. I'd hurt him and show him that he couldn't hurt me. That doesn't sound too technical, but in a fight with Brock Lesnar, you need to go after him.

Promoters saw the potential in me and the value in me. It was because of companies like Evolve, PWG, Progress, and Beyond Wrestling. Those are the big ones that gave me a push and made my name worth something on the indies.

I got into the UFC after six months of training. I started doing jiu-jitsu, had my first fight, tried out for 'The Ultimate Fighter,' and got on.

If someone comes up to me and asks for an autograph or picture, who am I to say no?

The thing for me is - and one of the reasons I was never a fan of Goldberg in the beginning when everybody was like 'Oh, he's so good! - I was like, 'No, he's terrible, he's hurting people,' and there's nothing else. He just has three-minute matches.

Wrestling is one of the hardest things, and it has nothing to do with the extremely hard physical part of it. It has to do with the psychological part of it.

The first time I was in a ring with William Regal, I called him 'Bro,' and from there, everyone just kept saying 'Bro' to me. I kept saying 'Bro,' and before I knew it, I was deemed The King of Bros.

When you have a guy like me who's a former UFC fighter and who is basically a normal guy who can do exceptional things, that connects with people rather than some random Viking who can also do exceptional things.

Me and Kyle O'Reilly have wrestled all around the world. We've done good work.

I got a short - I got a temper. I fight in a cage for a living. There's a reason people like us are wired slightly different.

If you train, you work hard, you're actually 110-percent dedicated, you're doing it for all the right reasons, you're probably gonna end up on the top. You know the cream always rises to the top.

In pro wrestling, if somebody throws a move, it's my job not to get hurt but also to sell the move and make it look like I'm dying.

When I was in the UFC, I would get tickets for a fight, and then what I would do is go in the crowds and watch the rest of the fights. A lot of times, I would end up taking pictures and signing people's books. I didn't care if I got any money or anything. I was just there enjoying my time and watching the fights.

I can handle boos. Boos entertain me.

Crowds are always different, but I know I have hardcore fans who watch everything I do online, so I have to make sure every match is different.

Not only do I have fun in the ring, but I have fun walking out to the ring. I have fun walking away from the ring.

Everybody in wrestling is usually a pretty nice guy, they're all just hard workers trying to get their opportunities.

I have a huge amount of respect for Lesnar. You know, he's done everything since he came into it. He works hard. You don't look like Lesnar without working hard.

You don't pick up things, get to the top of multiple industries and sports without working hard.

I'm just not very good at holding on to jobs.

I try to be as humble as possible, but I'm just on another level. That's all there is to it.

To me, the more the merrier. The more times I can get in that ring and get in front of a crowd and wrestle, the better.

In wrestling, sports entertainment, I get to fight in front of people; I get to wrestle in front of people; I get to entertain people sometimes four times a week - all around the country, all around the world.

Bill Goldberg can't wrestle.