You look at me: you see the tattoos, and I ride a motorcycle.

Growing up, I idolized Big Boss Man and Bam Bam Bigelow just because they were big guys who could move and were tough. I felt like they both rode motorcycles. And Bam Bam had his head tattooed. Those are the guys who really got me into wrestling.

There's a fire on 'SmackDown Live' that I don't think 'Raw' has.

I think 'Raw' is complacent in the fact that 'Raw's' been the flagship of WWE. 'Smackdown' wants to be number one.

We have amazing people that help us backstage, and Arn Anderson is someone I always like to look to. He's a legend in his own right.

Fit Finlay and guys like that, who can work with you and tailor who you are and what you're doing in the ring, are unbelievable.

The atmosphere we get with NXT and NXT fans, they're a die-hard group. They care deeply about NXT.

Metal fans have a connection. There is something there; just like the wrestling world, they are die hard about wrestling, and it's that passion that makes you enjoy what you do. That is why I go to metal shows; you watch these dudes on stage just shredding and letting loose. You can't help but love it.

I love just getting to experience the different types of fans and getting to perform in front of thousands of people every night; that is icing on the cake for me. That is the fun.

I am a big dude that can move, so I want to see what kind of magic a guy like Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins can bring against me.

I got to travel to Japan. I never in my life thought I would go to Japan.

I grew up going to rock shows, and the lines of rock n' roll cross over with wrestling so much.

Wrestling is an opportunity to go to a show, be a part of it, and feel the emotions from anger to frustration to sadness to pain - everything that music can make you feel.

For those of you who don't know who I am, I don't care.

What you see of me on TV and all of that, that is me - that's truly how I feel. I'm just multiplying it. It's that arrogance, that confidence, the belief that I'm the best, and there's a true attitude that I don't care what others think.

Cry all you want. It's never going to change where I am.

If I walk into a room, and nobody knows who I am, and they've never seen wrestling a day in their life, I want everybody in that room to look at me and go, 'That guy does something. He is somebody important.'

Going to that level, a lot of guys get to the NFL, and they don't make a long career out of it. The NFL is very hard. One percent of college athletes make it to the NFL.

People in athletics thrive on competition. That's what makes you better.

I love the physicality of an offensive lineman.

When I go to the ring, I'm providing for my family.

My dad brought me up not to accept second place. I lost a karate tournament once and got a trophy for fourth place. My dad tossed that trophy out the window on the way home.

I am extremely tough and extremely physical, and that is because my father taught me to be tough, physical, and not to take no for an answer.

I learned to get what I wanted through any means necessary, and sometimes that means you have to get your hands dirty.

The fact that people don't like me doesn't bother me.

I'm not going to shed a tear for not being liked.

If I have a friend - when I have a match, and you have a match with that person - then most people hold back. I'm not.

If you look up what I did in Arizona, you'll see that I fought my way through training camp. I didn't have a problem fighting my teammates.

John Cena - say what you want about the guy, but he is unbelievable in every aspect of WWE: what he does with kids from Make-A-Wish and to how he controls a ring and a crowd in the moment.

When I left NXT, I was kind of mad that I was never NXT champ, so when I got to the main roster, that was my first goal.

When I won the United States Championship at Hell in a Cell, it was awesome. It was my first championship ever in WWE, so it's a really cool moment for me.

I think I was given an opportunity, and I ran with it. I think I've made a lot more of it than anybody thought I was going to, and that's why it's gone so well, but it's opened a lot of doors and a lot of eyes to what I can do.

We're always out there to put on the best show possible.

If you're not getting better, you're getting worse.

Twitter needs to understand that just because they're the loudest, they're not the majority.

There were definitely some days at training camp that I got in fistfights.

I've always been a dominant and violent person.

For me, growing up, I'd always been a part of team sports, except for when I was boxing.

I'm putting it all on my shoulders, and I'm going to be successful by my will, and no one else will be responsible for it.

WrestleMania's sort of the end off the year for us, but it's also a beginning because we don't take any time off.

I want to allow myself to display myself to people.