I got in MMA for one reason: to see if I could be the best in the world. — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
My view on wrestling in MMA is changed a lot since I started really doing it. — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
I'm more of a purist competitor, and I enjoy the fighting aspect of it, but people enjoy my personality, and they enjoy… — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
I've got more skills in my pinky finger than half the damn guys in the UFC. — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
Man, I competed 40 times in three months when I was wrestling, my whole life. — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
One of my favorite topics to read about my whole life has just been famous athletes, and a lot of those have… — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
I think a lot of fans don't know MMA that well. They don't understand the subtleties. — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It's like, hey, I've done what I could do, I've accomplished a lot, and now this - especially with wrestling - if… — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
In wrestling, if you want to be the best wrestler, you show up at the U.S. Nationals. If you win that, you… — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
Andrey Koreshkov is not well-rounded. He's been taken down and mounted and has his back taken by Lyman Good, which tells me… — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I want to go and fight the best guys in the world and show people I'm the best. And hey, if something… — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When I came through the ranks in wrestling - in high school and college - those systems have been in place for… — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think every promoter's job is to pump their athletes up. Like, you see, Dana White did it all the time with… — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
I trained with Jorge Masvidal when I've been training MMA for 2-1/2 months in Coconut Creek, Fla., in, like, December 2008. I… — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
In college wrestling, you see a lot of talented athletes come in and fail because Division I class wrestling is the pinnacle… — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
I don't like all the cheating that's going in mixed martial arts. I don't know what percentage of high-level fighters do it,… — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
I wasn't granted the opportunity to fight some of the best guys in the world. And that was something that was not… — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
A lot of wrestling interviews are boring, plain and simple. They don't say anything you never heard before. Your basic wrestling interview… — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
I think Georges St-Pierre should go down to fight Tyron Woodley. I think he has a chance. — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
Listen folks, if you want your son to grow up to be a man, don't have him run around on a field… — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
Having the letters UFC behind my name is not the be-all, end-all it is for someone. Some people think once they get… — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
A Division I college wrestling team has so many guys at such a high level it'd be like having every single guy… — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
Colby Covington has a very low IQ. He says a lot of stupid things, and it's almost embarrassing that he represents our country that… — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
It's just funny because I think a long time back I was not a fan favorite at all, and now people have followed my… — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 - honor,… — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
One of my favorite topics to read about my whole life has just been famous athletes, and a lot of those have been combat… — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
People are stubborn, and sometimes even if change is good, people will always oppose change. — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
I don't think I could ever make 155. I made 163 for the Olympics, and that is a super low weight for me. I'm… — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
I've got more skills in my pinky finger than half the damn guys in the UFC. — Ben Askren Copy Share Image
