Even though I only get a few days off, I do not stop, whether it's getting some stage time at an open mic or flying to L.A. to watch a ton of stand-up shows.

WWE has no issues with my stand-up. I do not miss work for any reason and will continue to work around my schedule because I'm a professional and do not allow complacency or laziness.

I have a lot of downtime in airports and on flights.

It's not always about wins and losses, but winning two Survivor Series matches is something I will never forget.

Any comparison to a WWE legend or someone I've looked up to is really cool, but make no mistake about it, my ego is too big to want to be a really good replica of someone else!

I am not trying to be the next anyone - I am going to be the first Dolph Ziggler!

I get cheered more and more for one simple reason: When I step in the ring, I steal the show! I will not accept anything less from myself.

Some advice I would give myself from the Spirit Squad years - try and get taller.

They love you when you're doing well and hate you when you're the bad guy.

I've never been in the ring with The Undertaker.

I started wrestling when I was five. I lost my first match and cried in front of my dad, and I never wanted to do that again.

I have always gone above and beyond, whether I've been given 30 seconds or 30 minutes, but at some point, you have to deliver and go to the next level.

Winning the Intercontinental Title for the first time, in 2010, was a real milestone, as I grew up living off some of those Intercontinental Title matches.

Miz and I grew up a couple of minutes apart in the Cleveland area and both had dreams of being WWE Superstars and being the best.

I don't eat anything before, but I can still go kill it at the gym and be in and out in 45 minutes or an hour, even doing workouts in the sauna to get the blood and sweat flowing.

I wouldn't advocate anything to anybody - everybody's different. Some people can put on those toe shoes and think they're having a better work out than those in tennis shoes. Everybody can advocate their own way of doing something.

When I was 5 years old, Hulk Hogan was the world to a lot of little kids.

I have more respect for amateur wrestlers, especially collegiate ones, than anyone else. It's a gutsy sport with no real payoff except for knowing that you were better than someone else. It doesn't have big crowds, it doesn't have big money, but it is fun going one on one.

I was a big fan of amateur wrestling, and I loved it and dedicated my whole life to it for 20-something years, and it's not really a glory-getting sport.

I, being the ham that I am, always want people looking at me.

I always kind of did my own thing, but it got me into trouble a lot, so I started listening to what people were telling me to do to show I was a team player.

If I have 30 seconds to make everyone remember what I do, I better make the most of it.

I'm a huge Jon Lovitz fan.

It's the WWE; it's Vince McMahon's show. He lays out what he wants from you. It's not always going to be what I want.