Roman Reigns Quotes

I honestly can't describe what goes on in my head when I'm out there. People who don't wrestle can't possibly understand it. When I'm in the ring, I don't feel any pain. I'm in another world out there.

It pumps me up - the whole idea of the bowler marking his run-up, popping at the crease, the crowd chanting, nerves building up. It's a very good feeling. Right from the first ball, I know I have to be at the top of my game.

I spar in the gym, and I take pride in my sparring. But I'm a better fighter when the lights come on because it's right now - there is no tomorrow.

From my first fight, I loved being in the ring. I tune everything out - the lights, the smells, the noise - so I'm in this zone where I'm performing only for myself.

There are many moments during a match when you are tense, wrestling with yourself. Tennis is a lesson in self-control.

To me, pre-match preparation is extremely important because that's something which is within my control.

It gets to the point where, by the time you're underneath the arena lights and you're staring at your opponent, that's the best time. That's the best feeling in the world, because all the other stuff goes away.

Once you reach the knockout stage of a World Cup, the team that holds its nerves wins.

I had to use a lot of the lessons I learned from fighting Samoa Joe and apply them to Bray Wyatt.

You play 162 games so let's say 100 of them come down to the end where you see the game is out of reach one way or the other. I feel like the other 62 are close games so you're going to be into those at-bats. If you do that, that's 100 at-bats. That's almost a month worth of at-bats where you're not as focused as you might be in those 62.

Whenever you're playing on the pitch, you have to step up to the plate and perform.

When things are right and things are focused, it's a game to me, and I'm there just stalking and punching and grabbing and tearing people up.

Ahead of a semi-final, there is always the same buzz. You know you are very close to reaching the final, but there is no way you can relax because then you will be punished.

In a game, I'm locked in. I maybe notice three rows in the stands the arena over, and that's it.

It's easy to say when you're on the outside and when you're the coach or for people to say, 'Oh, you should have done this, you should have done that.' But when you're in there in front of thousands of people and you get hit and you want to win the fight, it's totally different.

Every flaw you have or lapse of concentration can cost you a goal, so you have to be on your toes every minute of the game.

When I was playing Jimmy White in those finals, I could tell when he was under pressure.

Football is so intense you don't have time to sit back and look at what you have achieved.

It's always a good situation to have the target be on you because that means you have been playing well.

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

There are so many variables that go into a fight, you shouldn't waste your time worrying about the other fighters.

You can't beat playing in front of a crowd, scoring, winning, the adrenalin.

It's in that moment - when millions of fans are holding their breath as the football hurtles towards me at 80 mph, and all I have is within 0.42 seconds to react - that I need to feel mentally and physically prepared.

Before matches, there is a little bit of pressure, but on the pitch, you forget it all. You only think about playing football.

In high school, you can just go out there and play. In the NFL it was so much more mental.