“Coaches would have me in the gym do 1,000 kicks for a practice. I would do them until everyone was gone, until I had done all my kicks. People asked me why I would do it - that's stupid. But my coach told me to do something like that, and I knew it would benefit me, and I would do it.”

American former professional wrestler and mixed martial artist

Cain Velasquez is an American former professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. He is best known for his time in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he fought in the heavyweight division and became a two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion. His career is most closely associated with elite heavyweight competition in mixed martial arts. In the UFC, he built his reputation as a major figure in the division, and his name is still tied to that championship run and to professional wrestling later in his career.