Matt Riddle Quotes

Some guys can do more talking in the ring, other guys do posing, body building, whatever the hell they do in the ring. But I don't have the big body, and I'm not the big smooth talker, but I can get in the ring and wrestle.

There were a lot of tough guys who were tremendous wrestlers.

Wrestlers are a bunch of wanna-be football players.

When you get down to it, wrestling is wrestling, and when you get in the ring and start performing, it's up to you and the guy you're in there with to do it and perform it.

I felt good in the ring with John Cena.

When I was a wrestler, my job was mostly looking mean and throwing punches and kicks.

I believe in simplicity. Where some people in TNA take the high-flying back flip route, I'll replace that with a punch or a nice kick square to the face.

We take pride in making our Knockouts Division about wrestling, not about looking pretty.

I just want to be the best. I haven't been in an all-out war. That doesn't mean I'm not the best.

You watch some of the stuff Cesaro does in the ring; with his size, the way he moves around the ring, the moves he hits, the way he picks up guys twice his size. It's just a different level.

But wrestling used to be the same as boxing or mixed martial arts. It used to be about conflict, having a fight, who's going to win.

Wrestlers are the best.

In the old days wrestling had a certain showmanship. All those people paid their dues. They knew how to wrestle.

Just go out there against the best fighters in the world and see where I stand. That's what I want.

I respect Brock Lesnar as a fighter, but I know that I can fight him.

Wrestlers from Japan and Canada are very tough.

When I walked down the ramp and stood in the ring, I made other big guys look small.

I'm used to big boys. I train with big boys all the time.

All the Divas work hard, they're all threats. They're just not as good as I am.

You can call WWE whatever you want, but at the end of the day, it's a fight and fighting is my specialty.

Wrestlers are very protective and care about what we do and we're always fighting for credibility.

I've always fought the best guys.

Wrestling background, you never talk trash.

Life throws you curveballs and there are things that happen - you don't understand why they happened at the time. But then you step back and understand you're a better fighter and competitor because of the things that happened.

I am still very much rooted in what I really fell in love with, with sports entertainment and pro wrestling.