Quotes About Grit

I live my life on the mat.

Everybody knows that effort matters. What was revelatory to me was how much it mattered.

I don't give up. I'm definitely meant to be an entrepreneur.

You have to be resilient.

I think I am pretty resilient and resourceful.

I couldn't imagine myself retiring from a match.

It's good to be rewarded with all the training and emotions I've gone through.

I love going to the ring hurt or sick or tired and trying to figure out how to win anyway.

I ain't never going to apologize for a 21-point win over a state rival, ever.

I've always been a rough kid.

I'm a rough guy and I like it when fights get tough.

Physically, I'm strong, I'm fast, I'm tough, I'm rough.

Going five rounds is never fun.

I'm not a runner.

I've always said, in the era that I played, all those years with the Saints, you don't come out with a big ego.

If I'd really known how hard I was going to have to work behind the scenes to have any kind of business, I think I would have stopped.

I mean, sometimes if you're not always going to win on the scoreboard, you want to make sure that you're there physically.

Ashley Wagner

I couldn't change if I wanted to. I can't not go hard through screens and I can't not play on defense hard. It's just the way that I'm built and the way that I play.

Just because I'm not dancing on a video every five seconds doesn't mean I'm not working.

My first match lasted 10 seconds, and I lost.

I am not owed anything in this life, especially in wrestling.

The only business owners that fail are the ones who gave up.

The first time I did a show, I definitely didn't get any money. My friend just let me do this show. I was so nervous: my mic didn't work, and I was like, 'Urgh.' It was terrible. It was a dingy club off of the highway, but all these people came. It was packed out.