The Great Khali Quotes

I was a wrestler and now I teach jiu-jitsu, but they're obviously different in many ways. However, they do kind of translate.

I started at a small school in Virginia, and I learned how to wrestle - at least take falls - in a boxing ring.

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

Even while modeling, I was still practicing kung fu and boxing as sports.

I grew up in Westlake Villiage, a suburb of L.A. There was a guy there who was a fighter and was like, 'I'll teach you to box.' I started a little bit of boxing, then it crossed over into jiu-jitsu. I was into it for a little while, but then I started doing basketball, baseball, team sports.

I didn't go to normal children school. I went to sports school when I was 8. So I studied martial arts.

Athletics and physical activity are important parts of youth development, in my experience and view.

I wrestled in high school, so I actually have a bit of a base in grappling.

I don't think the itch to fight has ever left me, ever. I mean, I got paid to do what I love for a living, and I got paid very well to do it. So that's going to always be there. That's always going to be like, 'Man, I wouldn't mind getting out there again.'

If I had only Inoki to meet, I could wrestle until I was 60 years old.

When I train for a fight, you roll around, you catch someone in a move, you let them go. You just let go and keep going.

I'm well-versed on the mat, but I can pick up people much bigger than me.

I feel like my wrestling and jiu-jitsu is so underrated.

Everybody wants to be a good fighter.

Three days a week I do wrestling, as that's the best workout for the whole body.

I definitely think you should have wrestling in schools.

I don't need MMA, but I love fighting. Those are very different things.

Wrestling is my first love.

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.

I used to wrestle when I was younger. It was soccer, wrestling, rugby league and now MMA.

For me, fighting is in the blood, and it's something I grew up doing.

I've fought tactical fights in a gym, but never in a fight before.

I believe in my wrestling and I believe in my jiu-jitsu.

I have done martial arts my whole life, so it comes easily, but I have never done proper sword fighting.

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