There's a lot of people out there who are just miserable in their own lives, I guess, and just trying to make other people miserable as well to bring themselves up. There's no shortage of that, that's for sure.
When I was a kid and went to shows, my favorites were Live Events. You really see a performer's personality on Live Events than on TV.
I was drafted way later than I should have been, and all that shows me is people don't see my true value.
I would like to be champion - that is everybody's ultimate goal - but my one goal at all times, whether on Raw, Smackdown, a pay-per-view, or a live event, is to make people walk away and remember what I did.
I met Steve Austin at an airport in 2005, and he gave me the best piece of advice I could ever receive - to keep running my mouth and never stop talking! I took that advice to heart, and it has helped me get where I am today.
I don't feel like I'm a character; I certainly don't feel like I'm a gimmick. I am who I am.
I'm a 'no frills' kind of guy.
I've been part of so many pay-per-views, and I've been in the ring with John Cena and Dean Ambrose and Randy Orton and Chris Jericho and Roman Reigns... all the top names. And I've been Intercontinental champion twice.
I remember sitting in the stands at WrestleMania 30 thinking, 'I have to be a part of this one day.'
I want to be remembered.
I look up to Tye Dillinger.
I'm not as extreme in real life as I am in the ring or on television.
I'm a lot happier on RAW. I actually can't overthink how much better I think I am on RAW than I was on Smackdown. And I don't really know the reason why that is. I feel like I look more at home here, and I feel like I look like I belong here. It's pretty obvious that RAW's the place for me.
Everybody wants to get the MITB contract; that usually means at some point they will become champion. That's a big deal; that's what everybody strives for.
Jim Cornette and I have never really seen eye-to-eye.
A. J. Styles is an incredible performer; very spectacular.
There are some cities that you go to that bring something out of you. Toronto is one of them.
I have never been a SmackDown guy. I never felt at home at SmackDown.
My wife, she's been with me for 10 years. She saw the ups and the downs, and she saw so many people tell me I would never make it to WWE, but she never doubted it.
I think if you look at NXT, the one guy who seems like he would belong in a WrestleMania main event is Nakamura because of the aura and the buzz that he gets. He is able to grab the attention of people who don't really know who he is right away with his mannerisms and entrance - by the time he gets to the ring, you are kind of hooked.
