Ben Askren

I'm going to win a gold medal.

— Ben Askren

My main motivation is to prove I'm No. 1 in the world.

— Ben Askren

I just like taunting people.

— Ben Askren

If your coach ain't got your back, who's got your back?

— Ben Askren

I'm just a straightforward kind of dude.

— Ben Askren

I fight with good strikers every day.

— Ben Askren

People are stubborn, and sometimes even if change is good, people will always oppose change.

— Ben Askren

You know what, the thing about Bellator was, I beat everyone they had.

— Ben Askren

I'm not willing to compromise my goals for monetary value.

— Ben Askren

I got in MMA for one reason: to see if I could be the best in the world.

— Ben Askren

Man, I competed 40 times in three months when I was wrestling, my whole life.

— Ben Askren

I've got more skills in my pinky finger than half the damn guys in the UFC.

— Ben Askren

I try to wrestle one time a week with good, solid people.

— Ben Askren

Dana White ain't going to take care of you the second after you can't make him a whole bunch of money.

— Ben Askren

The worst 24- to 36-hour period of my whole camp, the part I like the least, is the part where I've gotta…

— Ben Askren

I don't think I could ever make 155. I made 163 for the Olympics, and that is a super low weight for…

— Ben Askren

One of my favorite topics to read about my whole life has just been famous athletes, and a lot of those have…

— Ben Askren

If you look across my career, whether it be mixed martial arts or wrestling, it's very, very, very rare that I lose…

— Ben Askren

It's just funny because I think a long time back I was not a fan favorite at all, and now people have…

— Ben Askren

When I'm thinking of sports, when I'm thinking of a boy growing up and being a man, I'm thinking of three things…

— Ben Askren

Colby Covington has a very low IQ. He says a lot of stupid things, and it's almost embarrassing that he represents our…

— Ben Askren

There are conferences every year where all the major coaches get together, and they talk about the issues in wrestling, what's going…

— Ben Askren

Some people who come from high levels in other backgrounds where they're used to being the best or used to being on…

— Ben Askren

Nate Diaz sucks.

— Ben Askren

I like coaching a lot.

— Ben Askren

I'm open to a super fight.

— Ben Askren

I'm not hugely monetarily motivated.

— Ben Askren

There's more to life than fighting.

— Ben Askren

In MMA, all of these coaches are doing their best.

— Ben Askren

I wouldn't fight Tyron Woodley; we go way, way back.

— Ben Askren

Wrestling is a worldwide sport. It's totally international.

— Ben Askren

I don't give a damn about my record.

— Ben Askren

I'm open to any welterweight on Planet Earth.

— Ben Askren

One of my best qualities is my persistence.

— Ben Askren

Dana White's a scumbag. I don't take anything he says with any value.

— Ben Askren

Some people, they don't get a few takedowns, they start getting nervous, and they fade. That's just not in my character.

— Ben Askren

If my team and family are happy for me, I'm not going to let what some fans think affect me in any…

— Ben Askren

I don't like Jay Hieron very much. He just bothers me, the way he talks, and he thinks very highly of himself.

— Ben Askren

You need to take care of yourself first, and you can't think of others quite as much if you want to be…

— Ben Askren

If you can't play the good guy, sometimes you've got to play the villain.

— Ben Askren