Jake Hager

I need to wrestle, I need to compete.

— Jake Hager

Big risk means big reward. I want that.

— Jake Hager

I'm lanky and goofy.

— Jake Hager

I love being a family man.

— Jake Hager

I've been a competitor all my life.

— Jake Hager

Absolutely, it's awesome to be a pro wrestler.

— Jake Hager

I want to grow my brand and help wrestling continue to grow, too.

— Jake Hager

Pro wrestling is all about staying fresh.

— Jake Hager

When I look in the mirror, I'm a husband and a father first.

— Jake Hager

I like to think of pro wrestling as an art, so we're artists.

— Jake Hager

Chris Jericho is on the Mount Rushmore of professional wrestling.

— Jake Hager

We The People' is public domain, any American can use that.

— Jake Hager

All I want to do is go out there and win. That's all that is important to me.

— Jake Hager

That's one thing I found out about myself when I left WWE: I'm that guy that needs to be pushed full throttle.…

— Jake Hager

To be able to change from being essentially a bad guy into a really hot babyface overnight is very hard to do.

— Jake Hager

Luckily, I feel like I was a late bloomer as far as my body developing. I really didn't start developing until I…

— Jake Hager

Going through life is always scary doing something new, at the same time it is very exciting.

— Jake Hager

To be successful in WWE, you have to love what you do. You have to want to steal the show every time…

— Jake Hager

I look like a winner, I smell like a winner, so why not put it on the big screen?

— Jake Hager

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

I was young; I signed with the WWE when I was 24. I was up on the main roster when I was…

— Jake Hager

I'm a competitor. I had that reputation in my time at the WWE. I would walk into a locker room, start wrestling…

— Jake Hager

I'm a conservative. I voted for Donald Trump and back in 2016 everybody was talking about, 'Oh my God, here's another TV…

— Jake Hager

For me, the wins and losses in pro wrestling never mattered. The thing that matters is the time on television to tell…

— Jake Hager

I think 'We the People' is an example of why pro wrestling is so cool because it was a storyline that started…

— Jake Hager

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

When I was competing at Oklahoma in college, I remember always getting a lot of anxiety before wrestling matches. Almost to the…

— Jake Hager

Before I signed with WWE, I thought my athletic career was done. I was going into the finance industry and I just…

— Jake Hager

I think Bellator is the place for me to hone my craft and they have a great selection of heavyweights here. They…

— Jake Hager

People know my name, and because of that, I have more leverage as a professional fighter. And as a professional fighter, as…

— Jake Hager

I've always been a big fan of Hollywood.

— Jake Hager

As cool as Jack Swagger was, he felt choreographed.

— Jake Hager

If I just keep my head down and I keep working hard, that's just what I do.

— Jake Hager

If you speak pro wrestling or MMA, you almost speak any language.

— Jake Hager

I believe competition makes everyone better.

— Jake Hager

If I can make someone tap out with my ankle lock it would be Sasha Banks.

— Jake Hager

Really, my family is my strength and I realize that and I am leaning on it.

— Jake Hager

Any time you can get Glenn Beck crying it's a good thing.

— Jake Hager

People think I look like a P.E. teacher or the principal.

— Jake Hager

All Elite Wrestling completely changes the entire landscape of pro wrestling.

— Jake Hager