I'm very stubborn and I don't like to lose.
It was always important for me not to be pigeonholed as a cruiserweight-style wrestler.
I figure no matter what interview I do, the real good 'journalists' are going to find the completely irrelevant quotes that will drum up some controversy and stick it on their page to get some clicks and completely miss the real context of what the interview is about. That's what we do nowadays and call it 'journalism.'
One of the things people always ask me is, isn't it expensive to eat healthy or vegan? It can be, but isn't it expensive to live in a nice house or drive a nice car or wear nice clothes?
I love food and don't want to sacrifice my enjoyment to be healthy. You can enjoy food and can be mindful and healthy while you do it but it just takes a little time and effort.
There was one day where I just stopped eating meat, but then the transition to get rid of the dairy and eggs took 12 years.
I have put a lot of energy and focus into capturing the Cruiserweight Championship, but obviously I didn't get the job done.
I think if you're trying to be mindful of eating well on the road, it can be difficult no matter what. Your choices at midnight or one o'clock in some of the smaller towns when we are getting out of shows aren't going to be the best choices for eating healthy no matter what your dietary choices or restrictions are.
Pay-per-views bring conclusion to storylines and what has been going on from television. It is important to give viewers satisfactory pay off over storylines and that is why pay-per-views are important.
I have friends in other industries but if I am training for a wrestling match, I would turn to the best wrestler to train, not a football player.
Anything that is history making, then of course you want to be a part of it.
Just like music, I consider wrestling to be an art form, and I have a vision of what that art should look like.
You can have a favorite band, but when they sign with a major label... maybe a new producer says, 'You can't do that, take this down a notch.' And you'll keep listening, but you'll always think their first album was their best album.
I've been blessed for 17 years to have a job where I make people forget their problems for a little while.
I don't have a bucket list.
As I go around the country and I'm seeing all the fans in the WWE Universe, there's a lot of young kids and they're off to the wrong start, because they're being fed the wrong food.
Sometimes the best thing to do is to take a step back and get a little bit of a different perspective and re-evaluate things.
For me, I'm smart enough and have been around the business long enough to know you don't really retire.
I've got plenty of people that would love to be ringside with me.
I'm pretty much who I am, and I'm not everybody's flavour, and I'm kind of polarising and some people like me and some people don't.
