Galen Tomlinson

(On coaching a girls volleyball team) Galen: I would much rather deal with girls, and I don't think they sometimes get the respect they deserve. They are a lot tougher than people give them credit.

(After getting the job as Turbo) Galen: I was a weekend athlete, but I was running a concrete company. I quit it right then and pursued an acting career.

(On what he liked least about being an American Gladiator) Galen: I would get hundreds of letters in the mail from women proposing marriage. But they didn't even know me. They just knew a character.

(On his idol Muhammad Ali) Galen: He's a man who came along and did what nobody else could do at the time. Everybody talked about him having a big mouth. I see him as a man of confidence backing up every word he said!

(On becoming an American Gladiator) Galen: There's no other way to put it but that this was supposed to happen for me. It wasn't something I was looking for or aspiring to be. I'm from a real small town and never expected to leave there.