I've been around the world seven times, been stabbed three times, been down in an airplane, and once dated the Bearded Lady.
I'm a villain at heart. I'm a born villain.
Getting into the voice-over booth, there are no cameras and no inhibitions.
I never faked my emotions or my desire to be a winner.
I broke my right ankle. Four ribs. One rib went into my liver. My spleen. My back in two places.
I've been in 30 car crashes, none of 'em my fault, I swear on a stack of midgets... OK, they were probably all my fault.
For anyone who's not familiar with 'Piper's Pit,' they need to know one thing - there's absolutely no rules.
My first match lasted 10 seconds, and I lost.
It's one thing to talk the talk; it's another thing to walk after getting whacked with a coconut.
'Piper's Pit' was totally unscripted - everything just happened - thus, innovation was a challenging must to accomplish.
I was trained by, at the time, the toughest man in the world. Not according to him, either. His name is 'Judo' Gene Lebell, and he trained Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris. He's the godfather of MMA.
Wrestling saved my life.
You walk into an arena with 10,000 people and no security and everybody hating you, it takes some gumption.
When I would go into Madison Square Garden, I wasn't the most popular guy. Madison Square Garden, there's 16,000 Puerto Ricans with knives and great radios and stuff.
I left home when I was 13. When I was 15, I was living in a youth hostel, and I was the 167-pound amateur wrestling champion.
Burt Reynolds, the first time I met him, he introduced me at Madison Square Garden at Wrestlemania X.
There was a lot of work that people don't know about that I did to establish my villain persona. There were a lot of miles on the road that went into it, thousands upon thousands of hours of writing on yellow pads while driving in my car with the dome light on.
We got an old saying: I would rather you punch my teeth down my throat than throw a popcorn punch!
When I get to Heaven, I'll want to fight.
You've got to realize, I've been stabbed three times; I'm not too used to this kind of love from people. It has been unbelievable the amount of support I've gotten. I'm getting letters, packages, e-mails, and phone calls from so many people. It's just overwhelming.
