Ben Askren Quotes

Ben Askren

Profession : Athlete

Birth : July 18, 1984

If you can't play the good guy, sometimes you've got to play the villain.

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People are stubborn, and sometimes even if change is good, people will always oppose change.

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I've got more skills in my pinky finger than half the damn guys in the UFC.

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When I'm thinking of sports, when I'm thinking of a boy growing up and being a man, I'm thinking of three things - honor, integrity, and toughness.

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Listen folks, if you want your son to grow up to be a man, don't have him run around on a field kicking a ball; get him wrestling.

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I'm just a straightforward kind of dude.

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There's no honor in faking an injury. There is no integrity, because you are lying about it.

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It's like, hey, I've done what I could do, I've accomplished a lot, and now this - especially with wrestling - if this next generation wants to pass me up, great job. Good for them.

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I just like taunting people.

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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.

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I don't try to hide my feelings or what I think.

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If my team and family are happy for me, I'm not going to let what some fans think affect me in any way.

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I'm going to win a gold medal.

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Wrestling is a worldwide sport. It's totally international.

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I like coaching a lot.

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My main motivation is to prove I'm No. 1 in the world.

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I'm dominant positionally, and my hands got power.

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I'm open to a super fight.

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I want to go and fight the best guys in the world and show people I'm the best. And hey, if something doesn't go my way - I don't think that's gonna happen. I realize that's a possibility in competition, and that's what happens.

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I think Georges St-Pierre should go down to fight Tyron Woodley. I think he has a chance.

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