Paul Heyman Quotes

I've seen a lot of athletic juggernauts throughout high school, college, even the NFL who can't play the game.

Watching Bo Jackson, seeing his size, his speed, a lot of his abilities, really drove me.

Among the world elite there are a handful of athletes who are physically capable of winning it.

I found out early in life that I could hit a baseball farther than most players, and that's what I tried to do.

Physically, the top players are on a different level to other players, and that's why they're on the top.

I feel I'm athletically superior to most of the guys I go against.

I obviously know how good I was, and people refer to the modern game being tougher.

I've known since I went to the national team when I was very young that I was a different bird.

I think the greatest all-around athlete ever was Jim Brown. He played lacrosse, basketball and ran track at Syracuse. He played professional football for the Browns.

At 18 to 20, I was probably one of the quickest things around, at the peak of my powers.

It's not the norm, I guess, to see someone as aggressive as me being more or less very athletic. You see me running, having a big, violent hit, it's going to look bad, but that's the natural ability I've been given. Why would I let it run to the wayside and not use it?

I knew I was good because I was the only 14-year-old who could dunk backward.

They are very light footed in walking and in running, as well the men as the women: so that a woman thinks nothing of running a league or two, as many times we saw them do: and herein they have a very great advantage over us Christians: they swim with an expertness beyond all belief, and the women better than the men

People told me I was more of a soccer player, not a football player.

I've always had an aptitude for wrestling. I can't explain it - it's like a gift. To this day, I don't always know how or why I do certain things.

I wasn't born this super, superior athlete.

Oh, I never knew I was going to be a great player.

If you've never stepped in a wrestling ring, and you're with me, we can still have an excellent wrestling match, because that's how good I believe I am.

I didn't know I was different athletically for a long time. I thought everyone did the sort of things that I can do.

I've always tried to be a complete athlete and not limit myself to one position or one sport. It really helped mold my whole football game.

When you go from Division II to the NFL, you're amazed at how good these guys really are.

I can't jump the highest. I'm obviously not the biggest, not the strongest.

I'm no slouch, but when comparing LeBron's game, I'm usually left out.

I was in the top 1 percent of football players. Indie guys are in the bottom 95 percent of wrestlers.

The 1500 m. record was considered impossible to break.