Quotes About Competition

I was a true wrestler. I was a Division I national champion. I came into the business wanting one thing and one thing only, and that was to be the champion, and I wasn't going to let anybody stand in my way. I think there was one guy that had a problem with that, and that was Undertaker.

It's hard to pick out one particular wrestler.

I grew up reading the newspapers, mostly the sports section. I was a wrestler and would check to see if I was ranked.

I was never the most technical wrestler. But my coaches definitely instilled in me the belief that if you can push yourself and practice smarter than the other guy, you can beat him.

Any wrestler who will piledrive Lawler and injure him like he did me gets five thousand dollars from me!

I was a high school wrestler. I was city champion.

I'll use wrestling if I need to in fights, but maybe I'll fight another wrestler, and you'll find out how good my striking is.

In wrestling, if you want to be the best wrestler, you show up at the U.S. Nationals. If you win that, you go to World Team Trials. You make the World Team, you go to the World Championships, and we all know who the best is at the end of the year.

A good wrestler, with good jiu jitsu and great boxing, can beat Fedor.

A wrestler loves to compete. At the end of the day, a wrestler just wants to compete.

I've never really considered myself a wrestler. I always considered myself an entertainer, but I always wanted to be better than the guy next to me.

I've said this numerous times: I've been in the ring with Daniel Bryan, and he's the best wrestler in the world, bar none.

I started competing on boxing, so I have my hands. I'm an O.K. wrestler, so why not?

I think that Ben Askren, when he competed as a wrestler, he was an amazing athlete.

I've sort of always pulled for the heels, like the bad guys. So I think if I were a pro wrestler, first I'd need to bulk up, and second I'll need to get sort of a bad-boy persona.

I wish I was fighting Jason High in his hometown. I would put him to sleep in front of all his fans. He's mainly a wrestler, but I'm an All-American wrestler. So I'm really not worried about Jason High.

I've known Woodley for nine-plus years, ten-plus years. We've worked out together plenty. He's one of the guys who used to slam me all around the place. I was at 155, he was at 170 pounds and he was just the wrestler that is a superpower. So that was one of the dudes that got my wrestling a little better from going with guys like that.

I relate everything to amateur wrestling, including the way I watch basketball and the way I watch football. My brain thinks as an amateur wrestler. That's who I am.

I am a Division 1 wrestler.

When I wrestled, I always considered myself an athlete and a wrestler.

Growing up as a wrestler, especially in practice, I think you get used to competing without much of a crowd around.

You don't want to end up being an indie wrestler who wants to be the big fish in a small pond.

I noticed when I started wrestling that I was a defensive wrestler and that people make mistakes.

I want to fight Cormier, that's been a fight I've been trying to get forever. I can go in there and take him down. I can threaten him in ways he hasn't been threatened. I don't think he's fought a wrestler like me.