Quotes from Brock Lesnar

I've never come out and said, 'I hold the most pay-per-view buys.' All I know is what I got paid, and I'm happy.

There are lots of risks, but without risks, there's no reward. I think the reward is bigger than the risk.

I don't hang my championship trophies on the walls, because they don't pay the bills.

I've never turned down a fight in the UFC. Even when I was champ, I never turned down a fight.

I had the surgery, and it was removed, and I don't have any diverticulitis in me. It's gone. It has taken a number of years to feel good again.

Professional wrestling is in my blood. I may have second guessed it in the past, but I know it now.

I'm not a very good yes man, and I'm not very easily controlled.

It takes some balls to live life to the fullest.

Back in the day, I was a Royce Gracie fan and a fan of Tank Abbott. It's always the different-looking guys that you want to root for. Then there were guys like Mark Coleman and Randy Couture, so for me to get in there and fight against guys like that is pretty cool.

Having your health is having everything in life.

I've been a barbarian my whole life. I'm just a smarter barbarian now. Evolution, you know?

Stay open-minded; stay focused. Train hard and train smart. For me, the older I get, the smarter I have to train also, because the recovery time is longer. Work on everything: become a well-rounded fighter - don't just be good at one thing; be good at everything.

I'm always staying motivated because, as training camp goes on, practices become more intense, harder, and shorter. It's a mental thing, too, not only physical - you have to stay mentally sharp and stay focused on the task in front of you.

I am a private guy, and at the end of the day, I only really do care about my family. That's the most important thing: my way of life, my family. Whoever is in front of that is going to get hurt.

Looking at me now, it might be hard to believe that I didn't even have hair in my armpits when I graduated from high school. I guarantee you I was the last guy to go through puberty in my class.

I don't want to ever intentionally hurt someone, because it is pure entertainment.

I got the genetics of - not to get into racism or anything - but I'm built like a black man.

I thought I was gonna be a farmer.

I don't feel pain. I ain't got time for that. I let other people feel pain for me.

Never been in the habit to look back.

A guy that I was supposed to face - and I think that he was just plain downright scared to get in the ring with me because he was one of those guys that was on top and saw a huge threat in Brock Lesnar at the time - that's 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin.

Life for me has always been about timing, and it was bad timing for that disease to hit me; it was time to exit stage.

I'm a prize fighter. Titles don't pay bills. I fight for money. I'm making money. They're making money. Everybody's making money. That's what this is all about.

At the top of my career, I wasn't at the top of my game.