Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Matt Riddle

The more name value I have, the better. The more undeniable I am, the better. Then I can get what I want.

I know I'm skilled - I know my background - and the people who are familiar with my credentials know better than to try me.

Take into consideration I get to play-fight in my underwear every week, and I get paid very well to do it.

I was probably one of the top three or four wrestlers in the world on the indies, just killing it. Nobody really saw me going to a bigger company because of my past and just how people view me.

I try to be as humble as possible, but I'm just on another level. That's all there is to it.

I'm already a personable person. I always try to smile and get to know somebody and say hello - even when people are trying not to talk to me.

To me, the more the merrier. The more times I can get in that ring and get in front of a crowd and wrestle, the better.

I love fighting, but I don't miss waiting months upon months just to fight once in front of people and then have to wait months again to fight once in front of people.

My goal is to change NXT. It is to change every company I've ever been to, and I've changed every company.

Only one person can retire Brock Lesnar - only one person can end his career - and that person's going to be me.

If someone comes up to me and asks for an autograph or picture, who am I to say no?

If you train, you work hard, you're actually 110-percent dedicated, you're doing it for all the right reasons, you're probably gonna end up on the top. You know the cream always rises to the top.

If you get Fight of the Night, there's a reason you got Fight of the Night: it's usually because you had that crowd on its feet, going crazy during the fight, almost like a professional wrestling match.

I have a huge amount of respect for Lesnar. You know, he's done everything since he came into it. He works hard. You don't look like Lesnar without working hard.

Bill Goldberg can't wrestle.

With wrestling, everybody always asks what they can do to get signed or how can they get over. There's no right or wrong answers. That's why I think the best thing you can do is be yourself.

Everybody in wrestling is usually a pretty nice guy, they're all just hard workers trying to get their opportunities.

I like to set goals that seem impossible.

I'm just not very good at holding on to jobs.

I get more respect doing professional wrestling than I ever did in MMA.

I like to hit hard, I like to be hit hard, and I like really competitive matches. That's my take on pro wrestling.

There's nothing worse than a bunch of toothless, ignorant people yelling at you. It's horrible.

I've always been a bro, and I've used the word 'bro' a lot.

I'm a very aggressive person. I'm really intense.

I'm usually just so laid back most of the times.

I'm about great competition. That's why I can have a great smile beforehand and connect with the crowd, and then, when I get in the ring, I flip that switch.

I'm pretty sure I could beat Tyron Woodley. Nothing against him.

That's why I like the indies: because I like being who I am. I get to be who I am in the ring, on the microphone, everywhere. It's great. I never have to get out of character because I am Matthew Riddle.

When you have a guy like me who's a former UFC fighter and who is basically a normal guy who can do exceptional things, that connects with people rather than some random Viking who can also do exceptional things.

My parents told me if I wanted to fight, they wouldn't support me.

Lesnar is a bully. I'd hurt him and show him that he couldn't hurt me. That doesn't sound too technical, but in a fight with Brock Lesnar, you need to go after him.

The first time I was in a ring with William Regal, I called him 'Bro,' and from there, everyone just kept saying 'Bro' to me. I kept saying 'Bro,' and before I knew it, I was deemed The King of Bros.

There's guys like Daniel Bryan and CM Punk that incorporated mixed martial arts submissions and moves into professional wrestling. I feel like the way it was incorporated was really good, but there's not enough people doing it.

I think a lot of people are excited that WWE was willing to give me a chance, and they want to see how far I can go with it.

I always had watched pro wrestling. I happened to be watching the WWE Network one day and started watching differently: I wasn't watching it as a fan, but instead I was watching it as something that I could possibly be a part of.

I got a short - I got a temper. I fight in a cage for a living. There's a reason people like us are wired slightly different.

When I was in the UFC, I would get tickets for a fight, and then what I would do is go in the crowds and watch the rest of the fights. A lot of times, I would end up taking pictures and signing people's books. I didn't care if I got any money or anything. I was just there enjoying my time and watching the fights.

Promoters saw the potential in me and the value in me. It was because of companies like Evolve, PWG, Progress, and Beyond Wrestling. Those are the big ones that gave me a push and made my name worth something on the indies.

A lot of people don't know who they are as a wrestler. Even people that walk into the doors of the Performance Center. They might be world-class athletes or models, but they don't know who they are in the ring.

I want more unpredictability. I want more realism. I think the fans would appreciate that, and that's what I've brought since day one.

I'm a pretty nice guy.

I can handle boos. Boos entertain me.

My striking isn't the prettiest, and I hit really hard.

When I first started, I had a mullet, and I was trying to play a hillbilly persona. While it was fun, it wasn't me.

I like wrestling the bigger guys, personally, because I can lay into them harder, and they can dish it back out.

It doesn't matter if you're the best wrestler in the world and can do every move perfectly; if you don't connect with the crowd or sell well or have good promos, nobody cares.

I think with the right opportunity, I can go as far as I want, but you never know.

I have a lot of options in professional wrestling.

I am me. I've always been a character, and my character's story lives into pro wrestling.

In fighting, if you get hit in the face, you don't show it. You can't show it.

The thing for me is - and one of the reasons I was never a fan of Goldberg in the beginning when everybody was like 'Oh, he's so good! - I was like, 'No, he's terrible, he's hurting people,' and there's nothing else. He just has three-minute matches.

My goal isn't to be one of the best; it's to change the game, to change the way things work.

Not only do I have fun in the ring, but I have fun walking out to the ring. I have fun walking away from the ring.

In sports entertainment, you can be larger than life.

You don't pick up things, get to the top of multiple industries and sports without working hard.

Any match with Keith Lee is definitely circled on my calendar.

MMA is like the Colosseum in Rome: the fans want to see violence.

I'm happy wrestling.

I am not the biggest fan of Dana White.

It's almost like my life is a fairytale.