Bill Goldberg Quotes

I'm just super competitive. Squash, tennis, water skiing, computer games... Even if I played you at pool, I'd have to win.

Lets be honest: I'm an athlete, not an entertainer as much. So as an athlete, I am a guy who likes the physical confrontation of the football field. I like playing nose-guard; I like having two 350 pound guys trying to rip my head off.

Boxing is kind of like football in that you test each other's desire to be there.

I grew up in a rough neighborhood, so I fought a lot. Even when I was wrestling, if I lost a match, I always thought, That guy would never beat me in a fight.

Serious sport is war minus the shooting.

My whole life I've hated to lose, no doubt about it. I've been guilty of that since I was 6 years old, at camp. I have always played to win. That's who I am. But I never hurt anybody. The problem is when you're perceived as being too aggressive where you hurt somebody or do something improper.

Never played football, but I'm an athlete. I'm a competitor.

I've wrestled all my life.

I'm a football player. I believe I'm just as tough as anybody else. I try not to play like a wide receiver.

I like to battle with defenders if I have to. I don't know where it comes from; I am not a nasty guy.

I grew up playing in lots of physical battles against lots of players. It's something I enjoy. I'm a big lad myself, so I feel I can handle myself in a battle.

I'm competitive, and I think everybody knows that if you're talking trash, you're gonna get a reaction out of me.

The NBA is always looking for tough kids who aren't afraid of the moment or the guy they're playing against.

I have a lot of competitive juices, and I want to go out and compete on the football field every day.

Well, of course a boxing match is hard because boxing isn't set for you to do good. You have to force your will upon someone, but dancing you don't have to force your will. It should be a lot easier because if I make a mistake I don't get hit.

I had a particular affinity for wrestling, and it did have a lot to do with being small and being combative - and being angry. And when you're small and you don't back down, you get in a lot of fights.

You've got to be confident when you're competing. You've got to be a beast.

Football is my base; that's where I learned to be tough. I was a strong safety, and that's what I do: I hit people. The mentality is football, the wrestling is precision.

I'm like a beast. I just take it out on the track.

Every soccer player can be on the edge, at the limit, be the bad guy. We have to get used to it. Sometimes I am one of those.

I don't play ball because I want attention. I do it because it gives me the opportunity to bust somebody's head. And I just love to do it. I love what I do.

Sports is like a war without the killing.

I was always fighting with everyone when I was a kid. I was playing with people two or three years older than me, and I had to survive. So I love the physical game, the contact. And I don't know why, but I think football is like this. It is not just touching the ball and stringing together 50 pretty passes consecutively.

You need to possess more than a little nastiness to play basketball at the highest level.

When you're on court, you just want to win. You're a competitor.