My family comes from Panama, and I grew up in a single parent household with my mother, who barely spoke English. She couldn't get a good job, yet there were four of us for her to raise.
Bobby Lashley
I don't spoil myself on extravagant cars or spending money on jewelry. So I save a lot of the money I have.
One of my first overseas trips with WWE was to France. I walked out of our hotel, and I see a little kid walking toward me with his mom. He gets a couple of steps past me and he stops in his tracks. I see his mom do a little bit of a double-take, then he runs over and just grabs on and starts hugging my leg as hard as he can, then he starts crying.
The only way to survive is to get back up.
I've never been a politics guy in wrestling; I'm just someone who came out and worked.
One of the best things I've ever been told is that it's better for someone to tell you to slow down than to speed up.
I got to fight off haters on a regular basis.
When somebody makes a decision on what they think they need to do, I don't question it at all.
WWE is not just about fighting; we're about the community.
Everybody else has the same 24 hours, but I'm going to make the most of my 24 hours.
I'm really considering getting into amateur wrestling and getting into more tournaments. I'm looking into going to do some Jiu-Jitsu tournaments. I'm looking into everything.
I don't want to be bothered when I'm stretching. I need to focus.
WWE is there for the soldiers.
My philosophy is, if you work as hard as you can, you give yourself as many opportunities as you can to be successful and lucky.
Everybody wants to be a critic: a critic without the actual accolades to be a critic.
I don't eat for pleasure; I eat for performance.
When I go to Japan, they don't care if you win or lose; they just want to see a good fight.
Wrestling has taken me on a ride and a love affair. I absolutely enjoy wrestling.
My kids are my biggest motivation.
With wrestling, we're still athletes. I train like we're an athlete as opposed to a body builder. Some people still have that body-builder mentality. But not from me. I do a lot of agility work and stuff like that.
I was a part of the largest WrestleMania ever, so I know how to feed off the energy from the crowd in my fights.
I love wrestling, and of course WWE is the main stage, but I'm happy to be with TNA.
I like Canada. The fans here are great. It's always good to come up here with some good energy.
Everyone likes to be the heel. Everyone wants to be the bad guy. I mean, I love being the bad guy, but the crowd doesn't want me to be a bad guy. In real life, I'm too much of a good guy to be a bad guy.
I'm not the type to call people out.
I've had no documented concussions.
I grew up with nothing, and that was my motivation.
I wanted to go into this fight business, and I wanted to go into it full force. So when you do something like that - enter into a new venture - it keeps you very busy.
I'm a product of amateur wrestling, and there is no one there to help you with matches or win matches - you have to do it yourself.
When I went to Impact, it was me proving myself on a daily basis to a lot of different people. I mean, I had matches with Austin Aries, matches with Jeff Hardy, Bobby Roode, Drew McIntyre. I mean, I wrestled everyone. During that time, I wasn't just sitting back saying, 'Man, I hope WWE picks me up. I hope they see me. I hope to get back.'
When people underestimate or think my success has come easily, that doesn't bother me.
I know I can wrestle a lot longer than I can fight.
Kurt Angle was amazing. He was the person who got me into pro wrestling. He found me when I was at the Olympic training center just wrestling, amateur wrestling.
Pro wrestling has absolutely helped my fighting.
You can scout people as much as you want. At the end of the day, it's a fight, so you got to be ready for almost anything.
I like to get the blood flowing and get as loose as I can possibly get. It's not very difficult to hurt yourself out there if you aren't prepared, especially in a Fatal Four Way.
I was excited 'Maxim' wanted me to be in Expert Fitness.
I am really simple with diets. I say feed your frame.
Everybody gives Trump an extremely bad rap. He's a businessman, so he is not trying to rub your back and tell you everything is going to be OK. He is going to set standards and, when everything is in chaos, you need someone who is willing to do what needs to be done.
I can go and fight, take one punch, and have a concussion and start having issues with it, or I can wrestle my entire career and never have a concussion. It's just a hazard of the business.
Some guys lock up when they hear the crowd. I feel the energy and take it with me into the fight. I've been in front of huge crowds and know to use that energy.
One thing you gotta take into consideration is that it's professional wrestling, and you know it going in. There's dangers to every profession, and our particular profession, concussions is one thing.
Whether it's MMA or wrestling, I try to find the best people and go after the best people.
I don't know which one is harder - going from MMA to wrestling or from wrestling to MMA.
Bobby Roode is amazing.
I'm a baby face in real life - in person.
In wrestling, you've got to be an athlete. You can't just be a body builder; you can't just be this big strong guy who picks people up and throws them around. For longevity in the business, you got to keep your body fit and together.
I'm a father, and that is the absolute most important thing in my life.
If you want to go for the title, you go for the title, and you fight. You don't run away; you fight.
Working out is simple if you know what to do.
