The Great Khali Quotes

Give me a sport that is greater than wrestling, that's more dominant than wrestling and with more champions in fighting than with wrestling. There isn't. The sport that's king is wrestling.

Wrestling is such a competitive sport worldwide.

Boxing, Jiu Jitsu, some good old-fashioned wrestling and plenty of cardio. You name it, it's part of my routine.

I love what I do. I love the competition of fighting. And I love to wrestle.

I wanted to train jiu-jitsu instead of capoeira because the mat was soft. It was better than training capoeira on the hard floor. I started reading jiu-jitsu magazines, reading about the world champions, and becoming one of them became my goal.

People consider me a striker, but I have trained jiu-jitsu for 10 years.

Some guys are gym fighters, some guys are better in the ring.

Wrestling is a worldwide sport. It's totally international.

I was always into martial arts and boxing.

I was always into sports and a lot of physical activities. My dad was a kickboxer and a body builder. My mom was an aerobics teacher.

For a good workout, I go to At One Fitness in North Hollywood, where my trainer, Jon Allsop, puts me through it all. I like it because it's a small gym and I've known the people for a long time. Jon will have me do cross-training where I'll lift weights, jump rope, throw around a medicine ball and I never get to stop.

I'm a martial arts buff, so anything martial arts.

What people don't know is that I'm a blackbelt in jujitsu, which I've been for 20 years, and I've been boxing since I've been 15 years old - those are things that come natural to me.

Wrestling is the ultimate martial art.

Wrestling isn't looked upon like the other sports of football, baseball, basketball and hockey.

Wrestling can be anything... There's some forms of wrestling that I'm not too big a fan of, but I'm not going to say it's not wrestling because it is wrestling.

I'm a guy who's in there everyday with world-class grapplers feeling that pressure.

I have to know jiu-jitsu and wrestling, but I'm a boxing guy.

I think martial arts, in general, shaped my wrestling style. I think I grew up as a martial artist as a kid.

I took boxing classes and karate when I was young.

I practiced everything, from my BJJ to wrestling, judo and Muay Thai.

There's no question in my mind that the times I was in my prime, I was the most well-rounded fighter out there - or in the world. I was the one who knew how to kickbox. I did kickbox and muay thai, I competed in events in Japan, and I was a submission specialist. Going into the UFC for the first time, I was the most well-rounded fighter there.

I've really valued each area of MMA.

I'm really considering getting into amateur wrestling and getting into more tournaments. I'm looking into going to do some Jiu-Jitsu tournaments. I'm looking into everything.

Pro wrestling has absolutely helped my fighting.