Forrest Griffin

“When you get the opportunity to give away somebody else's money to make somebody else's life a little better. That's pretty cool, actually.”

“I really believe zombies are a threat to our national security.”

“I thought wrestling was the stuff where people jumped off ropes. So that was my experience with wrestling.”

“Unfortunately, I found out when I was trying to like square up with people and face off with people and, like, try to intimidate them and I'm pretty non-threatening.”

“When I announced my retirement, that was actually when I was trying to come back and I realized, it just wasn't viable. It passed me by. My shoulder is done. I brush my teeth with my left hand now. That's just the way it goes. I can't shoot a basketball, I can't throw any kind of ball. I was right handed.”

“I have great coaches, but one thing I've never really had is that head coach - a Greg Jackson, Matt Hume, John Hackleman.”

“When I know that I trained real hard and I had a good training camp, that's when I'm very confident. But sometimes I don't train hard and I don't feel that confident.”

“I was a police officer in Augusta, Ga.”

“It was so fun, 2006, 2007, 2008. I went into the gym and I felt like I was winning in the gym, which is important for an athlete.”

“I wrote an article for Revolver and it was very offensive.”

“I will give one piece of advice that always keeps me going; get your body moving every day, no matter what. Don't truly have an off day, just move. Move light and try to get your body moving to break a light sweat.”

“Me and my step-dad shared a $500 Chevy Celebrity, a 1983 Dodge Ram truck, and an old Ford Ranger truck - it was a piece of junk. I hated that thing. It fell apart. It didn't always go in reverse. So I drove in a circle or I would just get somebody to sit in the thing and I would push it backward.”

“I'm kind of a grinder.”

“In the beginning, fighting was fun - I wasn't concerned with the outcome. At some point, I started training out of fear and anger. I wasn't really happy.”

“I worked in a dining hall in college and I worked at UPS for a full three weeks - it was the worst job I ever had.”

“I try to break a sweat every day doing something. Try to do hot pilates once a week. I'm not kidding. I actually hurt myself doing hot pilates, so I got that going for me.”

“I get to work out for my job and punch people and wrassle, that's a pretty cool job.”

“I like not having a job, not having to get up early in the morning is awesome. I would recommend it to anybody.”

“I've been victimized by general filthiness on multiple occasions... I received a nasty staph infection... I was told to wait it out... a few days later I literally thought I was going to die... I ended up being on antibiotics for five weeks and, as a result, I had to back out of the fight against Machida.”

“No, I don't play video games.”