The Great Khali Quotes

Wrestling will be around forever. It's been around thousands of years. It's going to be around till the end of time.

Wrestling is the ultimate martial art.

Wrestling is one of the earliest and oldest martial arts there is.

Wrestling is one of the last truly rebellious American things left.

Wrestling is such a competitive sport worldwide.

Wrestling is ballet with violence.

But there's so much kludge, so much terrible stuff, we are at the 1908 Hurley washing machine stage with the Internet. That's where we are. We don't get our hair caught in it, but that's the level of primitiveness of where we are. We're in 1908.

Although not considered a martial art, boxing is really a martial art. It's a very limited martial art as long as you agree to just box... but in an actual physical fight against someone who's just a wrestler, you're going to get killed.

Growing up, I was always a fan of wrestling, but I was also a fan of MMA and stuff.

I'm a great fighter all around the board.

I come to grapple.

Wrestling is one of those things that make me emotional.

This is a full-contact sport. It's the objective to disable your opponent, even if sparring or a real fight. You've got to use your technique.

One element of wrestling that I know what I grew up with we put a lot of emphasis towards was the takedown. But, you could win an Olympic championship and never score a takedown, and I don't know if MMA fans are even aware of that.

I don't know how to do takedowns.

Honestly, I would love to fight Henry Cejudo. You've got that gold medalist in the Olympics, I would love to test myself against that.

I started competing on boxing, so I have my hands. I'm an O.K. wrestler, so why not?

My comfortability is always going favor the grappling side, that's the path of least resistance. But, I don't need necessarily need to force the takedowns like I used to before.

I'm a jiu-jitsu guy and that's my root.

Wrestling is a small, intimate sport.

Wrestling is a universal language. The moves, the facial expressions, most people understand.

To me, if people think about wrestling, they think about elbow drops, body slams, and stringing somebody in the circle.

When I see wrestlers fight, they train a lot of boxing because they don't want to end up on bottom.

I really don't look at it as a real sport because anybody can come into MMA and learn that. You can learn that.

I think that Ben Askren, when he competed as a wrestler, he was an amazing athlete.