Wrestling Excellence Quotes

There is an art to wrestling, and there is a need to do it right. Cody Rhodes exemplifies all the right things.

When I first started wrestling I knew that I wanted to work as long and as hard as it took to be able to have a great match with anyone.

If you look at the Intercontinental Champion, historically, that has always belonged to the best of the best in-ring talent, the best wrestler, whatever you want to call it, that came out night after night, produced night after night - and that will be me.

WWE is the biggest entity in professional wrestling and if you want to prove yourself to be one of the greatest or one of the best, then that's the only place you can do it.

For anyone watching Ring of Honor out of the gate, they knew when they were watching an ROH event that they were watching a different level of wrestler from what they had seen.

I have nothing but respect for Adam Cole. I've known him for a very long time, and he's one of the best in the world.

On the independent circuit I've traveled the world, I've won championships, I've won tournaments - I've defeated some of the best out there so I feel like I am one of the best.

There are good wrestlers, great wrestlers, and special wrestlers.

AJ Styles is the best in the world.

In wrestling, you're talking about a fraternity of champions, and I got a chance to be a part of that Olympic championship club. And anyone that ever won the Olympics in wrestling, there's something different about them.

Hell you're Shawn Michaels! The greatest wrestler of all time!

I'm not just the best in NXT; I'm not just the best in the WWE: I'm the best on the freaking planet.

We all just want NXT to be the best product we can do. I don't care about what's going on anywhere else, we just get on with what we do, which is competitive pro wrestling and that's what NXT is.

Without sounding too full of myself, with wrestling I felt like I was one of the best in the world and I competed at a very high level for a long time.

But while Taya is so good, she is still no diamond. She is still no Tessa Blanchard. I am one of the best in the world!

Professionally, John Cena has my respect more than anybody I've ever been around in the ring and out of the ring.

In wrestling, if you want to be the best wrestler, you show up at the U.S. Nationals. If you win that, you go to World Team Trials. You make the World Team, you go to the World Championships, and we all know who the best is at the end of the year.

I always try to outdo the guys. It doesn't matter who you are. Even Sami Zayn - I want to have a better match than Sami Zayn, and he is absolutely incredible. I knew at a very young age that I wanted to change the definition of what it is to be a Diva and what it is to be a woman's wrestler.

We love professional wrestling. It started with High Chief Peter Maivia and then Afa and Sika. The teachings that they have. The respect for the business. You protect the business. You go out there and be the best that you can.

If you ever dissect '205,' take a hard look at it, it's always been a fantastic show. Regardless of what's been going on, the wrestling has been the best not only in the company but on the planet. The only critique, if you really dissect it, is that the crowd isn't into it; the crowd doesn't care.

I became one of the top wrestlers outside of WWE in the world, and it all happened because I started giving it my everything.

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

We knew that AJ Styles might be the best in the world. We didn't realize that until he got to WWE.

When I first broke in, I wanted to be the best technical wrestler on the planet.

In college wrestling, you see a lot of talented athletes come in and fail because Division I class wrestling is the pinnacle of wrestling in America.