“If you look across my career, whether it be mixed martial arts or wres...” — Ben Askren Quote

“If you look across my career, whether it be mixed martial arts or wrestling, it's very, very, very rare that I lose to someone that I'm not supposed to.”

“A lot of wrestling interviews are boring, plain and simple. They don't say anything you never heard before. Your basic wrestling interview is, you ask me how am I going to do, and I say, 'I'm going to do my best. I'm going to wrestle hard.'”

“If I'm coaching at my academy, and we were drilling the front headlock, we don't just say, 'OK, now go five-minute goes,' because how many tries are they gonna get at going at the front headlock position?”

“My fighting style is mixed martial arts. It's not just stand up, or ground and pound, it's everything together. I have 26 years of a fighting career, and it always works together.”

“Martial arts and animals go together - they go hand in hand. Each animal symbolizes a different style of martial arts, all different moves and techniques you can use to finish an opponent.”

“As a martial artist you have to be truthful about yourself so you can approach your training properly and get better.”