Matt Riddle

“I'm a very aggressive person. I'm really intense.”

“I've always been a bro, and I've used the word 'bro' a lot.”

“In professional wrestling, the fans are tremendous.”

“I always wanted to wrestle, but when you're a kid, how do you do pro wrestling? For me, it seemed like the easiest way for me was to get into amateur wrestling and go that route because it was a place where I was allowed to go.”

“When I first started wrestling, I didn't even want people to know I was in the UFC.”

“If someone comes up to me and asks for an autograph or picture, who am I to say no?”

“I'm just not very good at holding on to jobs.”

“In sports entertainment, you can be larger than life.”

“There's nothing worse than a bunch of toothless, ignorant people yelling at you. It's horrible.”

“Wrestling is one of the hardest things, and it has nothing to do with the extremely hard physical part of it. It has to do with the psychological part of it.”

“In mixed martial arts, if you get kicked in the face, it's your job not to show any expression to your opponent.”

“My parents told me if I wanted to fight, they wouldn't support me.”

“I'm usually just so laid back most of the times.”

“When I first started, I lived in Vegas because I was fighting in the UFC, and I was still fighting after the UFC.”

“Being real in pro wrestling has paid off. Just being myself - that really translated to the fans.”

“I'm about great competition. That's why I can have a great smile beforehand and connect with the crowd, and then, when I get in the ring, I flip that switch.”

“I have to say, running in flip-flops through the airport can be pretty tricky.”

“I love working with new guys, especially MMA guys.”

“If you train, you work hard, you're actually 110-percent dedicated, you're doing it for all the right reasons, you're probably gonna end up on the top. You know the cream always rises to the top.”

“I'll be honest, when I first started pro wrestling, everybody else did clotheslines better than me. They did everything about pro wrestling better than me. But when it comes to fighting, getting nitty and gritty, I'm the man.”