College Quote by Justin Gaethje

In college, I tried to start wrestling as soon as I could and when it was available to me, as I loved competing, and…

— Robbie Lawler

I've wrestled my whole life, and when I got done with college, I went back to school to become a firefighter. I liked MMA,…

— Stipe Miocic

I took my time with the sport of MMA. I wrestled, won the Olympics. I boxed for years.

— Henry Cejudo

When I was a kid, I wrestled my high school amateur wrestling in junior year.

— Jeff Hardy

My junior and senior year in college is when I first realized what MMA is and really started liking it. I went the other…

— Jake Hager

When I grew older and went my own way, MMA kind of stuck with me. I got to the point where I wanted to…

— Brad Tavares

After college, I never really knew what I wanted to do, so that's why I got into professional wrestling.

— Scott Steiner

I was a wrestler. I played football, lacrosse. After high school, I got into jujitsu. I boxed my whole adult life.

— Frank Grillo

I wanted to win the gold medal and then go home and further my education in college. I had no intentions whatsoever to become…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

I was very active in college. I wanted to play athletics, and then I looked at wrestling as being a viable option to do…

— Kane

I never had an interest in fighting. Originally, because I had no experience, I was going to come to Japan to be a pro…

— Bob Sapp

I used to fight in school. I was a rough, athletic child. I always knew I could fight and, watching UFC, I was always…

— Jimi Manuwa