Wrestling Quotes · Page 446

Even though you think boxing is a contact sport, it teaches you not to fight on the street, to behave. It gives…

— Amir Khan

When they said, 'Why is Floyd Mayweather not fighting Manny Pacquiao?' it was because Manny Pacquiao had a boss. I don't have…

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr

Conor McGregor became a monster in the UFC, but he was already a star in other promotions.

— Patricio Freire

For the last 14 years or so, I've been a fighter for so long I kind of forgot what it's like to…

— Rashad Evans

Am I really one of those who has to go to everyone else's back garden to get a fight? I believe I'm…

— Luke Campbell

I'm a mixed martial arts fighter. But at the end of the day, all experience will help. And experience I got from…

— Valentina Shevchenko

I want people to hear the name Mustafa Ali and want them to know that I'm a proud American. I'm from here,…

— Mustafa Ali

I leave the Iran because bad things happening there when I was greatest Greco-Roman wrestler in the world.

— The Iron Sheik

I wanted to work for WWE once and I wanted to make a living off of wrestling. They were my goals and…

— Pete Dunne

You wouldn't meet a Joe Frazier down today and then up tomorrow, said hello to big shots then ignore someone on the…

— George Foreman

I love fighting and I love this sport, and as a competitor, I never really wanted to step away. But I have…

— Carlos Condit

During contract negotiations, when I started to notice as well as hear from friends about Jeff Jarrett's shady business tactics, I did…

— Reby Sky

You look at the top five right now and see guys like Kelvin Gastelum, who I've beaten, Carlos Condit, who I've beaten,…

— Tyron Woodley

Brock Lesnar was a big guy: he's at 280 when he fights. When fighting him, you can have a bit of that…

— Alistair Overeem

Then as I was wrestling as Terry Boulder. I was on a talk show with Lou Ferrigno, and I was actually bigger…

— Hulk Hogan

Joe Louis is the greatest heavyweight champion of all time. Rocky Marciano is second only to Louis. Where do I rate Ali?…

— Joe Frazier

You're not going to win mental warfare with me. I am one of the mentally toughest guys, if not the mentally toughest…

— Michael Chiesa

I'm a southpaw and a counter-puncher. I tend to box on the back foot and catch my opponents when they come forward.

— Luke Campbell

My first four fights in amateur at middleweight, and the first four professional were at welterweight. And I just kind of went…

— Alexander Volkanovski

I'm a wrestling fan - before I was a wrestler, I was a wrestling fan. I like watching wrestling.

— William Regal

Changing over to the UFC, I was trying to force myself to thinking, like, 'This was it; this is the most important…

— Shayna Baszler

I think a lot of guys just go out there and fight, or they learn a real basic way of striking. There…

— Gerald Meerschaert

Just because I wasn't with my brother in the WWE, that doesn't mean I wasn't in the business.

— Booker T

Ray Sefo is a former K-1 guy that I've always respected. He knows how to take care of athletes.

— Fabricio Werdum

The truth of it is, as cool as it would be to have a clean one-punch knockout, I like fighting people. I…

— Gerald Meerschaert

The media can make boxers, controls who makes it big and who doesn’t. They can build up fighters or knock them down.

— Lennox Lewis

I was part of Evolve as they were beginning to make their name, and I was lucky enough to help it grow…

— Drew McIntyre

I am not fighting a hopeless fight. People who have fought in real fights don't, as a rule.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

That works for me, that's fine, but I don't need a belt to fight Dominic Breazeale. If he wants it, he can…

— Dillian Whyte

This is where I started, this is where I'm going to end, this is what's made me who I am today as…

— Chad Mendes

I have a lot of big names on my side that I'm willing to fight, and I'm pretty sure they are willing…

— Errol Spence Jr

I have always loved wrestling and grew up watching it - my earliest memories include watching Hulk Hogan.

— Sami Zayn

To be present - really, truly present - in art and life requires empathizing with uncertainty and wrestling with risk.

— Andy Greenwald

He's an old good fighter, he's an intelligent fighter but I wouldn't say he's the best I've ever fought.

— Joe Calzaghe

I would have been a black belt in Karate much sooner, but the store was sold out of Sharpie markers

— Tamika-leeigh

There are probably one million dudes in America called Kevin Johnson, and beating one of them doesn't make you an all-time great…

— David Haye

At middleweight, everyone has a height and reach advantage on me and while I feel like I can still compete with the…

— Kelvin Gastelum

I had a cousin who dated someone in CWF, so I was traveling to shows by age 10 or 11. I got…

— Adam Page

“In my life, I’ve learned when to let shit go and when to fight. This, babe, what we got, I’ll fight for.”

— Kristen Ashley

I had never thought about being a professional fighter but meeting Pat [ Militich ] and the guys just pushed me in that direction.

— Robbie Lawler