Wrestling Quotes by Shayna Baszler

I think, at every professional wrestler's heart, there's a fan.

— Shayna Baszler

I'm a catch wrestler, so I used catch wrestling in Mixed Martial Arts.

— Shayna Baszler

Normally, when a fighter gets challenged, they answer.

— Shayna Baszler

I don't care what Dana White thinks.

— Shayna Baszler

WWE is something I've had my eye on.

— Shayna Baszler

Catch wrestling is pro wrestling, if you look at the ground moves and the rule set. It's just about learning the art…

— Shayna Baszler

I didn't get into MMA because I wanted to be UFC champion. That wasn't my motivation.

— Shayna Baszler

I'm being more physical and aggressive while, at the same time, I'm not being overwhelmed by strong fighters like Sara McMann.

— Shayna Baszler

If you do your history, pro wrestling is just the worked version of what MMA is.

— Shayna Baszler

It's interesting because my Mixed Martial Arts upbringing is less Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which is the traditional thing that people study.

— Shayna Baszler

I've fought on some big cards. I've fought in some big arenas, on televised cards, pay-per-view cards, whatever.

— Shayna Baszler

Cris Cyborg is one of the best in the world, and there is no shame in losing to her.

— Shayna Baszler

One of the reasons I started pursuing MMA was for all the similarities to pro wrestling that it has.

— Shayna Baszler

I think seeing me cross over to pro wrestling and having fun - I get up in the morning, and I'm not…

— Shayna Baszler

In MMA, there isn't time to admire your work until it's all over with. In sports-entertainment, I can admire what I'm doing…

— Shayna Baszler

Because I've been around the MMA block a little bit, I'm at a point now where I just want bodies to beat…

— Shayna Baszler

It's not like I was saying, 'Oh, I want to make it to the UFC one day,' because the sport wasn't big…

— Shayna Baszler

If you follow my MMA career, I've always been the pro wrestler of women's MMA, coming out with a guitar, saying crazy…

— Shayna Baszler

I think that Ronda and I had similar paths in MMA; she became a bigger star than I ever was, but a…

— Shayna Baszler

Ronda's a natural athlete. Just learning a different rule set and bringing what she has from MMA would be the same: does…

— Shayna Baszler

I've always said the thing about MMA that a lot of fighters don't understand is people care more about the story, about…

— Shayna Baszler

If I could have had the opportunity to be a full-time fighter while I was one of the best in the world,…

— Shayna Baszler

Training with Billy Robinson is just like any martial artist who would go to the old master of the art. He's so…

— Shayna Baszler

I spent so many years in MMA waving the banner for pro wrestling, telling fighters they had to be more entertaining.

— Shayna Baszler

In MMA, you're trained to tune the audience out. In sports entertainment, you're trained to feed off what the audience is thinking…

— Shayna Baszler

Look at something like boxing. People know that some fights are fixed, but nobody looks at a boxing match and automatically assumes…

— Shayna Baszler

Anyone who is friends with a fighter or lives with a fighter, you know that a fighter cutting weight is on edge.

— Shayna Baszler

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 can't tell you how many fights I had where I had to pay to go fight. It was a lot of…

— Shayna Baszler

I've faced the undefeated, young up-and-comers, everybody counting me out before, on a big card, with big lights, TV.

— Shayna Baszler

One thing I've learned is that a lot of fans' knowledge starts and stops with the UFC.

— Shayna Baszler

I had a little gut check, and ultimately, I grew up as far as my MMA mentality and am more mature now.

— Shayna Baszler

I have known, for me, that my fight in 'The Ultimate Fighter' can't be the way I went out.

— Shayna Baszler

I love rock and roll and loved getting on wrestling mats since I was six, and I have never been ashamed of…

— Shayna Baszler