Matt Riddle Quotes

I do practice martial arts, more as a recreational thing, but a lot of my friends have been heavyweight champions the in mixed martial arts world.

I'm committed to the fight game.

I always cheer for my MMA brothers and sisters.

My jiu-jitsu is very good, and anytime I'm able to show what my coaches and my team are capable of doing, I really enjoy it.

I like to train and then step in the cage and do my job. This is the thing that I like to do.

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

I like to compete in everything - I like to compete in jiu-jitsu, I like to compete in wrestling and Muay Thai, and if I have a chance to compete in boxing one day, why not?

I go inside the Octagon for fight. I don't joke, because it's danger.

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

During my freshman year at Cornell, I joined my dorm's intramural football team. At the first practice, upper classmen pointed out I was tall, so I should try playing QB. Well half an hour later, it was abundantly clear that I should not be the QB.

I'm more akin to football than I think anything else because that's what I played in high school.

I just want to do what I do best, and that's fight. I love it.

In front of the world, all of a sudden I'm a great athlete and I'm put into an environment with 25 other women and I'm expected to go to team meals, team functions.

Unlike most youngsters who have school as their 'second home' where they meet and make friends, for me playtime has been at the Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad. When I am not playing a tournament, my days are spent at the Academy with my coaches, physiotherapists and colleagues, who are like family. We laugh and have so much fun.

I have great memories of being a Cub, and I'm happy building new ones with the Phillies.

One of the things about football is, it's a relationship business.

I've always wanted to fight. I love to fight.

Especially young guys, it's always fun to see young guys come in and have that same enthusiasm about playing a certain way and fitting into a certain role and going after guys, trying to get them off their game.

I definitely want to fight after I'm done wrestling.

For me, sitting there, watching them pass the ball, watching them train - you want to be around good players.

I'm going to show I'm the best fighter in the world.

MMA is a sport. We go out here and we do battle. Everybody has family, friends, they train really hard.

I love MMA.

Everybody who is fighting at UFC 200 is awesome! It's going to be awesome to get to meet everybody. I'm excited.

I enjoy fighting. It's one of my favorite things to do in the world, so I'm just enjoying every minute of it.