I want people to say that Jack Swagger/Jake Hager is a world champion in MMA and in pro wrestling. — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
As a fighter, I'm not one of those people that wants to prove I can go out and throw strikes. — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
A lot of great fighters were amateur wrestlers first and you can study them on film to see how they adapted the… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
When you get to go out and perform on a great pro wrestling show, it's awesome. It's hard not to enjoy it. — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
The more you boo me the better I'm going to wrestle. You don't like me? So what. It's a lot of fun… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
I feel like being a professional wrestling has definitely made me a better MMA fighter. — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
From the beginning, make no mistakes, I'm a prizefighter and doing this for the money. Money first. And then championships. — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
Cesaro should be world champ. I'm not afraid to say it, Cesaro is my favorite wrestler. — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
In my first fight, I acknowledged it. I'm a professional wrestler, this is who I am, who you know me as. But… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
It is cool to be a pro wrestler and that makes it so much better for us as pro wrestlers - who… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
Whether you speak English, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, everybody can speak wrestling and it's really cool to go to different cultures and societies… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
When I was leaving college, getting ready to graduate with a degree in finance, I had job interviews for months and months… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
I think Bellator is the place for me to hone my craft and they have a great selection of heavyweights here. They… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
When I was competing at Oklahoma in college, I remember always getting a lot of anxiety before wrestling matches. Almost to the… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
I was young; I signed with the WWE when I was 24. I was up on the main roster when I was… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
Before I signed with WWE, I thought my athletic career was done. I was going into the finance industry and I just… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
People know my name, and because of that, I have more leverage as a professional fighter. And as a professional fighter, as… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
Some people work their entire lives to become a professional fighter and see certain guys with exposure or just a name, hop… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
I am Jack Swagger. My background, it's there for the world to see, and you look at MMA today, you look at… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
In addition to being gifted athletically and being the strongest guy in the room, Cesaro is very smart upstairs. He can go… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
If I can make someone tap out with my ankle lock it would be Sasha Banks. — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
To be successful in WWE, you have to love what you do. You have to want to steal the show every time… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
Growing up in Perry, Oklahoma, there's not a lot going on, so we would go wrestle anywhere and anyplace we could. It… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
AEW loves what I'm doing with Bellator and Bellator loves what I'm doing with AEW. — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
I've been wrestling since I was 4 years old, so I have over 30 years in some form of wrestling, non-stop in… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
MMA is very difficult; you can't just be good at wrestling. You need striking, kickboxing, jiu-jitsu and countless other things. — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
People want to see fighters who can put on a little show and then back it up. Hopefully I can do both… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
I think it's surprising for a lot of people to see Jack Swagger crossover to MMA because they know Jack Swagger more… — Jake Hager Copy Share Image
A long time ago I learned how to shut my mouth, listen to my coaches and put trust in my coaches. — Jake Hager Copy Share
When I was leaving college, getting ready to graduate with a degree in finance, I had job interviews for months and months - and… — Jake Hager Copy Share
A lot of people want me to say negative things about WWE, but I'm very grateful for my career there. — Jake Hager Copy Share
Going through life is always scary doing something new, at the same time it is very exciting. — Jake Hager Copy Share
I was never the best athlete, but I knew how to be coached and I knew how to work hard at it. — Jake Hager Copy Share
If you go back and look at WWE Magazine, they asked me when I was going to win my first world championship and I… — Jake Hager Copy Share
I'm a conservative. I voted for Donald Trump and back in 2016 everybody was talking about, 'Oh my God, here's another TV character trying… — Jake Hager Copy Share
A lot of great fighters were amateur wrestlers first and you can study them on film to see how they adapted the techniques. — Jake Hager Copy Share
MMA fans and pro wrestling fans are similar in that they care about their sports very much. They want to see that you're serious… — Jake Hager Copy Share
For me, the wins and losses in pro wrestling never mattered. The thing that matters is the time on television to tell that story.… — Jake Hager Copy Share
