Kurt Angle Quotes

I've really valued each area of MMA.

Pro wrestling has absolutely helped my fighting.

When you think about mixed martial arts, you have to think about the entire scope of the athlete.

Wrestling is my first love.

If I do consider fighting, it won't be until after the Olympic games in 2020, and then from there I'll reevaluate, see if it's something that would be a realistic option for me.

You need good coaches with a good gym that teach you the essentials, like boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, and pretty much all the stuff that you need to be successful in MMA.

I spar with 18-year-old kids that try to kick my ass all the time. As far as going in and doing a wrestling match, I think that pales in comparison, but it's a totally different thing. It's completely different. You have to condition your body.

I've always been huge into martial arts.

Dad always enjoyed sports, and he decided to join a Guadalajara gym to learn how to box. What he didn't realize was that they didn't teach boxing at that particular gym - they taught 'lucha libre.'

MMA was like wrestling; I love competition.

I definitely want to fight after I'm done wrestling.

I fight with good strikers every day.

MMA guys, we sparred a lot of them training for KSI because of the wild punches.

I'm a guy who's in there everyday with world-class grapplers feeling that pressure.

I always try and use my jiujitsu to win fights. That's my favorite method of securing victory.

I train really hard for each and every fight. I never take anyone lightly.

I think martial arts, in general, shaped my wrestling style. I think I grew up as a martial artist as a kid.

I train everything: I train wrestling; I train jiu-jitsu. I like to suplex people. I like ground-and-pound, but in my fight, I never have the opportunity.

I took boxing classes and karate when I was young.

Some days I have off like Thursday and Sunday but typically Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday are dedicated to training if I'm in fight camp.

There's just a spirit about you that it's such a beautiful art form in which you can implement strategy in order to subdue another individual. And I really feel like that's in wrestling and UFC; we're kind of - we collaborate in that way.

When I was competing in Muay Thai I used to fight every month.

I'm a fighter now. I'm officially a mixed martial artist. I'm not a wrestler no more.

I just want to go out and compete. Plus the main thing is, at 55 I need a good amount of time to prepare just to make the weight cut. At 70 I can just take fights as they come and just compete as much as I want.

Getting in the cage, it's not like I need a whole mental preparation for it. It's just a fight.