Shinsuke Nakamura Quotes

I like to step into the Octagon and just show what I'm made of.

Wrestling encompasses hard work, dedication, sacrifice, and determination - there's just nothing like it in any sport.

When I was younger, I used to wrestle, and I feel that it contributed to my athletic ability because as a wrestler you have to be an all-encompassed athlete. You need stamina, strength, endurance and mental capacity. You also have to learn how to adapt in any situation.

Wrestling is a team sport, and an individual sport all rolled into one.

Boxing is about hunger.

Wrestling isn't like ballet; it's not about practicing a routine. You need to focus. You need to concentrate. You need to know your craft.

It's not for everybody, and some of the toughest people I've ever met in my lifetime, I met in the wrestling ring.

Wrestling is all about the power of the individual.

I love the sport. I love fighting. Fighting is my life.

I train to fight, to win.

I'm just going to do what I always do: train. And when it's time to fight, I go fight.

I love fighting... It's something I think I was born to do.

I live a fight life, I can do what I want to win a fight.

I'm able to fight anywhere.

Wrestling is a hard sport, but it's only a sport.

You would think that wrestling has so much to do with being aggressive and having a big ego, and it's exactly the opposite.

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

When I step in the ring, I bring everything I have.

I just want to be a fighter. I just like to win fights.

I trained myself to perform on the field.

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

I always equate wrestling to having been in the Marine Corps.

Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy.

Boxing is not about your feelings. It's about performance.

MMA was like wrestling; I love competition.