The Great Khali Quotes

There should be more funding and support for young and upcoming wrestlers.

After I stop wrestling, my dream is to open a wrestling academy, train students and produce more Geetas and Babitas!

Lance Storm taught me everything that I know.

I trained under Bill DeMott. I did a lot of my promo work with Dusty Rhodes.

It's two guys in particular. Norman Smiley, he got his hands on me the day I walked in the door - started teaching me the fundamentals and teaching me things that I use - but Billy Gunn, that guy has helped me evolve more than anyone.

I've been in the business over 35 years and had over 6,000 matches and I am helping guys who have only been in the business maybe a year or two and 100 matches. I am taking my 6,000 matches and passing it along.

I'd love to teach Roman Reigns how to work. Just kidding.

Leo Burke was an unbelievable trainer. Him and Tom Prichard. Tom Prichard was not a big guy. And I learned a lot from him.

In the ring-wise, I've learned a lot from working with Bayley.

Unfortunately, wrestling in India doesn't have the same appeal for the youth that cricket and football do. For this reason, I want to also begin a series of wrestling academies across the country.

I'm trying to take wrestling to a whole different level.

I did high school wrestling. I was first in the state of Florida and ninth in the nation in folkstyle. Freestyle and folkstyle wrestling I did for years.

Eric Knuutila had a big impact on my wrestling career.

The Performance Center in Orlando is the best place to go if you want to be a professional wrestler.

My dad grew up wrestling. He knew Ken Shamrock, and I didn't know who he was at the time. So, he found out that Shamrock was in a gym in Reno, and he wanted me to go try a class with him. I tried it and fell in love the first day. Ken told me that I had potential in this sport, and he's the reason I kept at it.

I knew nothing about wrestling! Sometimes that's a great thing, and sometimes that really annoys people in this industry but that's the truth. I had no clue how to wrestle. I had to learn everything, absolutely everything. To start from the bottom.

He mighta spent a couple years under the arena training young wrestlers.

When I started wrestling, I hounded my dad to teach me. Eventually, he gave in, but he was careful to instill in me a respect for other wrestlers. He wanted to be sure I wasn't going to hurt anyone.

I used to be weak - as did all British fighters - with wrestling, because we don't have high school wrestling or college wrestling here.

I never trained in pro wrestling with The Sheik, but I did amateur wrestling with pro wrestlers in my dad's basement.

The way that you teach wrestling is by finding good talent that you think can learn and putting them in the ring with a variety of other good talents who have experience and giving them the opportunity to pick things up.

When I started wrestling, I was still in high school.

I grew up learning from guys like Ron Simmons and Owen Hart. They were like mentors to me, so I was able to embrace what they taught me, and I think I did alright.

Yes, Indian wrestling has improved since foreign coaches came in because the skills and techniques they have is new to us.

If you're an aspiring wrestler, Bret Hart is usually at the top of the list for inspiration.