Quotes About Competition

When I head into the cage for an MMA fight, for that time inside the cage, I hate the person standing across the cage. I want to beat him up and beat him up to the point where he never wants to go against me again. After the fight, I can shake his hands, and he - we can be best friends. It's the same thing in professional wrestling.

If you've never stepped in a wrestling ring, and you're with me, we can still have an excellent wrestling match, because that's how good I believe I am.

Whether it's MMA or wrestling, I try to find the best people and go after the best people.

I try to keep up with everything - all wrestling across the board. I want to know what the competition is doing, what the up-n-comers are doing.

I think the wrestling world needs TNA. I think the wrestlers need TNA. I think the fans need TNA.

I'm a product of amateur wrestling, and there is no one there to help you with matches or win matches - you have to do it yourself.

I'm really considering getting into amateur wrestling and getting into more tournaments. I'm looking into going to do some Jiu-Jitsu tournaments. I'm looking into everything.

There's no secret I love professional wrestling. It's not just the money all the time, I love wrestling, and I love fighting.

Pro wrestling has absolutely helped my fighting.

I think having the King of the Ring on television can only help with the importance of matches and help wrestling.

The titles aren't merely props in New Japan. They're actually the focus of the company, and that's how it should be if you're going to be in this world, this business. After all, it is professional wrestling. It is presented as an athletic competition, and the titles should mean something.

My first match with Bill Goldberg, it was for the World Title in 1998. Bill had only been wrestling a year. Well, we stole the show. Because I was going to make Bill look as good as he was, and he was great. He had that incredible charisma, personality, and that 'it' factor. Rousey has that same thing.

Wrestling is the first reality show. With a reality show, you never what is real and what is not.

When you get down to it, wrestling is wrestling, and when you get in the ring and start performing, it's up to you and the guy you're in there with to do it and perform it.

Wrestling is cyclical. And if you look at the '80s, it had an unbelievable run, and then it just fell down. '90s had the biggest run ever because of the Monday Night Wars.

I'm not a huge video game person. I used to always play wrestling video games growing up. My brother used to have all the games, so we would play together.

Wrestling, it's all about playing with people's emotions. You need to be better than just a great athlete; you need to be the best. At one time, I might have been. When I look back, I remember how much I enjoyed it.

I actually think that wrestling is much harder than MMA, to be honest.

I just don't see where Chris Weidman is going to threaten me. He's a tough guy, but I'm better on my feet, better on the ground. He's not going to threaten me with his wrestling.

I like to compete in everything - I like to compete in jiu-jitsu, I like to compete in wrestling and Muay Thai, and if I have a chance to compete in boxing one day, why not?

Olympic wrestling is like using an old Nokia phone; it's fairly basic.

Anyone can enjoy a wrestling match, but it's how you feel about that person that takes it to another level.

Not to knock TNA, but there's too much hokey talking and segments that don't really involve wrestling.

I knew that Michael Bisping didn't have good wrestling or grappling. I knew this guy had nothing for St-Pierre.