I always thought I could be pretty good, and it turns out fighting has made me happy.

There's no reason to be involved in the sport if I'm not going to fight to my best ability.

What I've done is back off weight training and do more wrestling, cardio - where you're building muscle but not building weightlifting muscle.

If I don't get the love of the sport back, it's not about winning or losing to me: it's about having fun. If I can wake up and enjoy what I do, it's gonna show in the octagon.

I grew up working hard to earn everything I had.

One thing I've learned is portion control. So, for example, if I eat pizza, instead of eating the whole thing, I eat three slices, and then I put it up.

I don't really believe in that ring rust stuff.

Touring is exciting.

Creatively, there are no limits to what you can do in the ring.

Wrestling ultimately comes down to what happens when the bell rings, and it comes down to athleticism, storytelling, and characters - and what we're doing in 'Lucha Underground' is the highest-quality wrestling out there.

As far as being the guy and really the first guy with the reputation to sign on to be a part of 'Lucha Underground,' I take a great deal of pride in it.

With WWE, I mean, as a kid, I was watching 'WrestleMania,' and that was my dream.

I worked on 'Boone' for five years. I tried to find money for it. I couldn't. I ended up selling my house to finance it personally.

The key to good art is to make something that means something to you.

I'm a fan of Shinedown.

Wrestling is a business: the more promotions the better, more opportunities for wrestlers to work.

'Lucha Underground' is like a combination of Lucha Libre, American Pro Wrestling, and gridy action films. It's got a lot of things I like - action, wrestling, and really good storytelling.

I know that there's pros and cons to everything.

If you've never been to a live wrestling show, you need to go to one. To understand 'Lucha Underground,' you need to watch it.

Nothing's scarier than wrestling The Boogeyman.

I think the reason that I've been able to succeed is that I was a fan of sports entertainment when I was a kid - that's what I wanted to do.

Vampiro preys upon people's dreams and lies to people, but he doesn't keep track of his lies.

My dream mixed-tag match has always been against the 'Macho Man' Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth.

I'm as fast as a Corvette and as big as a Hummer.