Quotes About Athletics

The WWE have told me that if I ever want to become a wrestler, all I need to do is walk through the door, and they'll give me a job straight away.

I really want to utilize my MMA knowledge in my WWE performance.

My MMA background, I think, only enhances my experience on 'Tough Enough' or in the WWE in general.

WWE is something I've had my eye on.

There is nothing more than the world to me than performing in front of the WWE Universe. So I would like to do it as long as I can. As long as they will have me.

I'm a competitor. I had that reputation in my time at the WWE. I would walk into a locker room, start wrestling with someone, and all I'd hear is, 'There goes Swagger again.'

Before I signed with WWE, I thought my athletic career was done. I was going into the finance industry and I just thought I couldn't compete any more. But the mind is a really powerful thing and you can unlock your potential if you choose to ignore what your mind is telling you.

It's easier to make the NFL than WWE.

WWE is like, you can't really get a bigger production as far as traveling wise and what they do on a day to day basis.

I think the thing that stands out for me is that in the WWE, we were in a new city every night.

In WWE, I focused more on Olympic lifting. I had to make sure that I was physically able to lift another human being at all times.

Ronda Rousey proved that women can be a draw and an attraction, so WWE followed in those footsteps.

I loved WWF as a kid.

I had a good run with the WWF. A lot of good matches, a lot of fun.

I knew the Undertaker from day one when he was with WCW, 'til he moved to the WWF. I used to sit there with my chin on the ground when a guy that size would walk that top rope. It was unbelievable stuff that the guy can do.

If I can't outplay you in football, I'm gonna fight ya.

I think, ya know, he's called out a few WWE Superstars; I wouldn't mind taking a crack at Conor McGregor, and he's, like, 165 pounds, 185 pounds soaking wet. So, I would like to slam him on his head a few times.

Sally Jenkins of the 'Washington Post' is the best sports columnist in the country. Second best is Gene Wojciechowski of ESPN.com, and third is Dan Wetzel on Yahoo!

To play 18 years in Yankee Stadium is the best thing that could ever happen to a ballplayer.

I've never been an actor on Broadway, but it feels like you're on a stage when you play at Yankee Stadium. And that's the feeling I've always had.

Every day I went to the ballpark in Yankee Stadium as well as on the road people were on my back. The last six years in the American League were mental hell for me. I was drained of all my desire to play baseball.

When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher.

A lot of people love to watch the Yankees.

I remember the first time I played the triple-A Yankees when I was 20 years old, and Darryl Strawberry was on that team. It was the first time I actually got goose bumps playing against another team.