Being a nocturnal creature myself, I often find myself in dark alleys or strange places late at night. If there were werewolves around, I'd be likely to run into them, being the night owl that I am.

I love adrenaline. I like senseless violence.

I'm much more comfortable being hated than being beloved.

I had always previously really fed off of negativity and enjoyed being the guy who everybody hated.

A lot of people say, 'It takes a lot to beat him,' or whatever. I'm trying to show you in the most literal terms, my body is indestructible, whether its glass or fire or barbed wire.

I like, at the end of the night, to be walking back to the locker room limping and sweating, spitting blood out of my mouth. I've been doing this for a long time, and it comes naturally.

No one really has any idea about me. To me, what I give you is what happens onscreen, and past that, anything you're coming up with in your own head, you're creating in your own mind.

I hate ladders. I don't mind heights, but I hate getting hit with ladders and falling into ladders. Anything where there are ladders involved or inanimate, unpredictable objects or multiple people gets dangerous.

I keep my inner circle of people very small and tight, and I like to relax if I get a chance.

I had a hard time going to school. I probably wasn't the most pleasant young person to be around. I kept a very tight circle of trusted people.

I'll fight anyone for enough money. Give me half a million dollars.

I've been around in WWE for quite a while now and before that had - even in Florida - I've been all around the world and seen every type of style in opponent; the way I was trained and stuff, I got a lot more tricks up my sleeve.

You have to take a certain pride in your work.

Ziggler is one of those guys who don't get all of the credit he deserves for being so good consistently for so long.

I don't look any further than what's right in front of me.

I always liked the guys who lasted a long time in the match and had endurance. People like Ric Flair going an hour at the 1992 Rumble, or Shawn Michaels and the British Bulldog being one and two in 1995 and both lasting until the end.

WWE prepares you for so much other stuff in entertainment.

While it's cool to think ghosts exist, I don't want to see one.

I remember, the first times watching WWF, Bret Hart was kind of the man, winning King of the Ring, technical master, and he could go for an hour. He had a million different moves he could beat anyone with. Just rugged, dynamic champion. He was so cool.

I never pictured myself being liked by anybody.

You have these magical moments in these live events that are never captured on film and that only live on in your memory. Those are always my favorite.

I like wrestling 30 minutes a night.

I hate in-ring promos. I've never done a promo in WWE that I liked.

From day one, The Shield was a vehicle. It wasn't, 'This is what we're doing for the rest of our lives.' It was, 'This is the vehicle we'll use to bust into WWE, to ride to the top of it, and then we fight each other.' That was always the plan.

If you're really good at doing what you do, good things will come.

Brock Lesnar likes to get his rest time, you know what I'm saying?

I was pretty happy with what we were able to do on 'SmackDown.' It was one of the best, most fun runs of my career because it was essentially a new show.

I have no fear of anybody or anything happening to me in WWE because nothing can be as bad as some of the injuries I went through and some of the grotesque things that have happened to my body.

I can't remember a time when wrestling wasn't my thing that I watched. As far back as my memory goes, I was already obsessed with wrestling.

A lot of people feel they spend enough time watching me go through the good, the bad, and the ugly, so they feel like they know me and are a part of it. I'm kind of like a part of people's families. You can't buy that kind of connection with people.

There is a noticeable difference from a crowd surging against you and a crowd surging with you.

There's a lot of guys in WWE - you would know who they are - you know you're going to see the same thing every single match. You know you're going to hear the same thing every time they pick up a microphone. You know John Cena is never going to get mad at you no matter what you do.

I might be the only guy in WWE who isn't acting ever.

What I do in WWE is essentially a lovable bad guy.

I put in the same hours to get good at this as a surgeon who went to college. It's just a much less important job in the realm of society.

I don't like the water. I'm a land guy.

I don't know if I would ever sleep well again if I actually saw a ghost. If they exist, that's fine. I just don't want to see one.

I'm big into mountain biking.

I'm Vince McMahon's favorite wrestler; quote me.

I can't imagine, I can't get in the mind of a wrestling fan who wants to break news that spoils a surprise for somebody. Would you want a surprise spoiled?

I like to live a spoiler-free life.

I've suffered through the worst possible conditions.

Threats mean nothing to me.

For me, wrestling was an escape. It was like a way out.

I wasn't 'gifted' in the way that Brock Lesnar or Roman Reigns or somebody like that is gifted, in that they got the physical attributes and so forth.

People can see through crap pretty easily. Just go out there and be comfortable. Be you. Be authentic.

I think NXT has opened up the doors for a lot of guys to come in and create different opportunities.

In North America, there aren't too many big places to go, so you find that pretty much all of the best talent in the world ends up filtering through WWE.

There are times when you got to put a little 'extra' in, especially on a card at WrestleMania or SummerSlam because it's no time to hold anything back. You have to pull out all of the stops.

The WWE Championship is the greatest championship in the history of this sport. It has the most history of anything.