Bruce Buffer

I had this lion in me waiting to come out.

I take care of my voice.

I don't damage or do anything to hurt my throat or whatever.

And you'll never hear me rehearse, you'll never walk by my room.

You might walk by my room and hear me doing a cameo on the road or something like that, but you won't walk by my room and hear me going, you know, Chuck Liddell, you know, in the shower or something like that.

No, I don't practice because what I wanna do is I wanna walk into the arena, I wanna feel the energy, and there's a rehearsed voice and then there's an organic, real voice.

And I wanna just give it my all, feed off the energy of the crowd,

Bring it all in there and just let it fly.

No, not at all.

I did the job and I was calling New York.

I'd stop in New York on my business trips.

I'd go to their offices, whatever.

No, they didn't hire me.

I did that and then Rich Goines did the next show and then I kept calling and asking for the job and

they called me um i was in the hospital with my mom she had just had a serious operation right now this is literally probably about six or eight months after that and uh or maybe a year she had a serious operation and i'm with her while she's recovering and my phone rings and it's the ufc it's the office you know and the owner calls me up and he says look um rich goings i think his uncle passed away he had to go to the funeral and they said we need you in alabama in like two days can you be there and i'm like

You know, I'm in the hospital.

My mom's the most important thing in my world, you know.

I said, I'll call you back.

I hung up the phone and my mom looked at me.

Remember the scene in Rocky with Talia Shire?