Holt McCallany Quotes

I was content playing Arena football. If a better opportunity hadn't come along, they would've had to throw me out of the league to get rid of me.

I love boxing. I really respect the guys and admire the guys who do it. But, I'm very, very happy with my career as an actor. I made the right choice.

I'm very lucky to live my life through a sport that I love. I'm in a very privileged position that my work is my hobby.

No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job.

I am happy with being a tennis player and the choice I took when I was 12. But clearly, if I wouldn't have been a tennis player, I would have loved to be a soccer player. But again, I am happy with the choice I made.

Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for.

The key is to join an industry that you have a passion for. If you love cars, then automotive is where you should end up.

Choosing an unconventional career path - I am not a traditional Egyptologist by any means. I found what I love, and I have stuck with it.

Really, it was either fight in the UFC or fight in the WWE. There wasn't the option of both. That was a key factor. What am I going to do? I didn't want to juggle two careers anyway.

I never had a dream to be a boxer.

For people like me, who appreciate the love and respect you get from the fans in Japan, there was no reason for me to turn my head to the other side and go try my options and luck in the UFC.

I worked my whole life and dreamed my whole life of being a professional athlete.

I never said I want to be the football guy. But when that opportunity started to become real, I said, 'Okay, let's see where this goes.'

I don't ever think about, 'Aw, man, my legacy. My legacy this.' No, I just want to fight the best fights out there to fight just to prove to the world that I'm the best fighter in the world.

If I'd had my way, I would still have been playing NRL.

I want to have records on the field and do things on the field. That's what this is about.

I knew I wanted to fight. It's a great way to continue competing and not to mention actually make money. You can make a career out of it.

I've had a different career than a lot of different quarterbacks, but this has been a career that I've loved and a position that I like being in.

When I first got into coaching, I just wanted to make it to the Mid-American Conference someday.

I always knew and my parents always knew I was destined for greatness. I didn't know what sport it was going to be in. I played football, baseball and wrestling.

It's not like I was saying, 'Oh, I want to make it to the UFC one day,' because the sport wasn't big enough then that a guy could have this as his job.

I think if you get the opportunity to try and become the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world and you turn your back on it, then you're a bit of a fraud.

I want to be considered one of the greatest fighters ever.

I'm a prize fighter. Titles don't pay bills. I fight for money. I'm making money. They're making money. Everybody's making money. That's what this is all about.

To be quite honest, and anybody will tell you, growing up I was going to be a pro athlete. I didn't have any option. That was my way out.