Quotes from Frank Shamrock

I mean, I watched Ken train in the gym. Ken was one of the greatest athletes I've ever seen. But when he got into a fight, it would be half of him. He was wrestling with a lot more in there than just beating his opponent.

The world I live in is vastly different than what other people are living in. It's a dream.

My first coach was my brother Ken. He taught me submission wrestling, the catch-as-catch-can style that he was famous for. Then I trained in Japan with Funaki and Suzuki. Then I learned jiu-jitsu and sambo with Oleg Taktarov and Gokor Chivichyan.

I grew up in a terrible home of abuse and I didn't realize I was in a home of abuse.

The sport really hasn't changed, but the world did. That's why it's more acceptable.

Fighting is a lot of ego, and that's OK.

I wish the sport was much more evolved when I got into it.

Now that the sport has gone mainstream, there's a lot of money in fighting. It's always what I've loved to do.

I am a professional martial artist, and I am a professional fighter.

As a martial artist, I discovered that there's always so much more to learn.