Top 106 Quotes & Sayings by Jordan Burroughs - Page 2

Dorm-room life was a tough transition. You're young, and you realize how much you miss the comfort of home.

The worst thing for me would be going back to where I was - relative obscurity.

There's always an opportunity to be your best until I hang up my shoes.

I wouldn't go to pro wrestling. It's not really my thing. I'm a fan, but I think every sport could take some notes from the WWE - how they've progressed and stayed relevant for such a long period of time.

I like movies with superheroes - one of my favorite movies of all time was 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.'

There's a pride in representing your country on a stage like the sport of wrestling, which I've done since I was five years old. There's nothing that can deter me other than my own decision to leave the sport.

I take a lot of pride in beating guys like Kyle Dake or David Taylor or these guys who have been basically bred to do this from Day 1. The best camps, the best high schools, the best universities. I never had that. It's not necessary, but I never had any of the frills a lot of those guys had.

I was an All-American at three different weight classes in college. Started off at 149, then 157, and then finished up my senior year at 165.

I'm not afraid to tell people what I hope to accomplish and what I believe I'm capable of. I'm ready to take the backlash if I don't accomplish my dreams.

It's harder to be a dad than an Olympic champion.

I have never been affected by terror, but here in Iran, I have never felt any ill will toward me - the opposite, actually.

It's one thing to never accomplish anything. You start from the bottom, you remain at the bottom, and all you know is the bottom. When you start at the bottom and you get to the top, and you feel the success and the notoriety and the recognition from being the champion, and you go back to losing, that's a tough place to be in.

There was a time period where I was obsessed with the rivalry between the Lakers and the Celtics in the 1980s.

You know what's cooler than being the richest guy in the room? Being the toughest guy in the room.

I have wrestled in almost every tournament in the world. I've won the Olympics, NCAAs, and World Championships, but none of those can truly compare to the feeling I felt when I won my first and only state championship my senior year of high school.

I've got the ability to control my destiny, and I take pride in that.

Every person I wrestle, it's the biggest match of their career. They're Buster Douglas. But what's the honor in being Mike Tyson and beating Buster Douglas? I win and move on. They win, and it's a game-changer for the rest of their lives.

Within a match, there's so many things that happen that could ultimately determine the outcome: You reach too much with your right hand, you step forward with your left leg, you get your head out of position.

My one and only focus at the Olympic Games is to win a gold medal.

I enjoy wrestling. I enjoy the sport. I get to go against the world's best athletes.

So many kids dream about playing in the NFL. But I was 130 pounds in ninth grade. I looked around and didn't see any 130-pound wide receivers in the pros.

Nebraska and Indiana were really the only Division One schools that expressed any interest in me.

I think a lot of guys get out of wrestling for financial incentive to go to the UFC, but I'm doing well.

I am who I am and who I try to be - someone who loves wrestling and loves people.

High school wrestling is awesome.

It's easy to be selfish and focus on what you have to do and what you need to do to accomplish your goals and be like, 'I'll give back later,' but there's no better time than now.

The way the podium is situated in wrestling, the first place spot is the center. So if I'm in a bathroom, I'll look for the first place urinal.

If you look at my iPod, I've got so much different music. I think that it kind of describes me as a person, just being a chameleon to whatever particular environment that I'm in.

I think every young man's goal is to be a professional athlete, whether it's the NBA, MLB, or the NFL.

I've dreamed on numerous occasions that I've lost the biggest event in my life, and there was absolutely nothing that I could do about it.

People need to feel like their heroes are human, not on the mat but in the world. The more people can see that, the more they can understand that they're capable of doing great things as well.

Believe it or not, my goal was always to play in the NFL.

Within the realm of wrestling, it's been the same every year - just continually trying to improve and evolve as a wrestler, putting myself in a position to not maintain but maximize my potential.

A lot of guys get out of wrestling immediately after winning a gold medal. Every time another Olympics comes around, it's always a bunch of fresh faces. For me, to win an Olympic gold and have a chance to win another would be huge for our sport.

When I was growing up, I was a big Ultimate Warrior fan; I liked Macho Man Randy Savage and a lot of other bad dudes.

I'm not a big guy that watches technique from my opponents. I try to do what I do best and hope that my stuff is better than their best stuff.

If I wrestle in 2020, I want it to be my own decision and not the IOC's.

I think every athlete is afraid for their career to be over.

I don't describe myself as a nationalist, but I do love my country.

I've got a home. I've got a wife. I've got everything I need.

Does anyone in the UFC actually follow the rules?

When your silent, people recognize your greatness.

To get better you have to step out of your comfort zone. You can't do the same things you've always done & improve.

I know that stress on me mentally and physically will only help me improve not only as a human being but as a wrestler.

Wrestlers, you don't just get better from wrestling live. To improve technique, you have to learn it, then drill it. Drilling is key!

I will never step foot in the Octagon