Quotes from Jake Hager

One of the best pieces of advice I ever got in professional wrestling was use the exposure from cable's number one rated television show to transition and move on to what you want to go into next.

Toward the end of my career with WWE, I found myself in a comfort zone. Looking back at it now with a little more perspective, it was killing me.

Jumping into something new is always challenging with the schedule and the routine and when you can train, and fit that into your life that you already have right now.

Going through life is always scary doing something new, at the same time it is very exciting.

When I look in the mirror, I'm a husband and a father first.

Zeb Colter is unbelievable, he is priceless.

Whether you speak English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, everybody can speak wrestling and it's really cool to go to different cultures and societies and see how the littlest things we do as performers influence the biggest things.

Chris Jericho is on the Mount Rushmore of professional wrestling.

In this world, I feel like we all need to be nicer to each other.

Pro wrestling is all about staying fresh.

I've been wrestling since I was 4 years old, so I have over 30 years in some form of wrestling, non-stop in my life. For me, it's who I am.

I grew up with two cousins from North Dakota who were junior national champions. They're a lot older than me and I looked up to them as my older brothers.

I think 'We the People' is an example of why pro wrestling is so cool because it was a storyline that started out very political and very controversial and very nasty. It really evolved into a movement of the people, not just American people, but people everywhere.

When I was competing at Oklahoma in college, I remember always getting a lot of anxiety before wrestling matches. Almost to the point where, 'Oh my gosh, man, this is a lot.'

We The People' is public domain, any American can use that.

As a fighter, I'm not one of those people that wants to prove I can go out and throw strikes.

MMA is very difficult; you can't just be good at wrestling. You need striking, kickboxing, jiu-jitsu and countless other things.

To be able to change from being essentially a bad guy into a really hot babyface overnight is very hard to do.

Really, my family is my strength and I realize that and I am leaning on it.