CM Punk: Thank your coach, not Jesus
CM Punk: “I’d like to see people thank their coaches more than Jesus … I think their coaches probably helped them win. I just think it’s a weird thing to do.”
Former WWE champion turned UFC contracted fighter CM Punk recently explained his views on faith and sports to MMA HEAT’s Karyn Bryant. Punk was asked about a fighters who thank God after a win.
“I’m a free speech guy,” said Punk as transcribed by The Christian Post. “I think anybody can say whatever they want, you know. That being said, if there is a God, I think he’s got better things to do than worry about what somebody’s doing for 15 minutes in a cage,”
“I’d like to see people thank their coaches more than Jesus, you know what I mean? I think their coaches probably helped them win. I just think it’s a weird thing to do.”
Punk explained that he believes MMA fighters are “free to talk about it, just like I’m free to make fun of them for it they can make fun of me for being a phony pro-wrestler fighting in MMA now.”
As for when he is ready to fight, Punk said that decision is up to a higher power – his coach, Duke Roufus.
“I don’t ask my coaches, ‘How did I do today? Am I ready?” he explained. “They say, ‘Come back at 7’ and I come back at 7. They tell me to mop, I mop. They tell me to sweep, I sweep. If they tell me to work the mitts or come in and work extra, I do it.”
