You want to be an NXT fan.

WWE has given me an out where, any days off that I have, they allow me to work on outside projects.

You have to do something different, or you are just the guy who goes out there and has a great match, but nobody cares. You have to have different layers to your character.

If I was always doing my own thing, I would be bored out of my mind.

I do what I do best - and that's take it away from every one else.

You know what, I'm out there to give 100%, and I do what I think is best. I really don't care what other people think.

Always a big fan of the Browns, of course. No wonder how bad they lost or how much we froze to death out there, we still went to the games to watch them lose.

When something special happens in wrestling, it's that much more special to me and for me to go, 'That was awesome,' because I'm as bitter as there is, so if you can get me to go, 'Woah, that was cool,' a couple of times, it's a special show.

It's really funny to me that I get called a workhorse or somebody who's really good at making other people better in the ring. I feel like I'm good at every aspect of this. I feel like I'm a great talker; I feel like I'm a great representative of the company. I broke records in college. I have an amateur background with fighting skills.

People can pick and choose what they want out of it, but I feel like I'm a modern day Renaissance man of anything you could want me to do... except be six inches taller.

There is a glass ceiling for everybody until you find a way to get that connection that Cena has.

I'm from Cleveland, Ohio. And I'll tell you a real quick thing: we didn't have a pro hockey team when I was growing up, so I adopted the Red Wings as my hockey team just so I could, you know, be amused and enjoy playoff hockey every single year. I really get into it. Detroit is my team.

I'm always trying to make myself a better sports entertainer.

I have no desire to switch companies or go to UFC or anything like that.

Growing up in Cleveland, the first time I went to a WWE event, Cleveland didn't even have an arena. The Cavaliers were playing at the Richfield Coliseum. I would go out there.

For the longest time, I was in random cold matches for 30 minutes and tore the house down for no reason, and everyone complained, 'Why isn't he in some kind of a story?'

After a while, you reach a certain point to where you know what your talent is, you know what you're capable of, and you have to not care.

I was the World Champ, but I should be better.

On a good day, I'm a bitter, angry, chip-on-my-shoulder type of guy.

When I finally get the chance to say what I want, to talk about where we're going from here on out, when my voice, my words, become the measuring stick for WWE, I think that's the moment that's going to reinvent our entire business.

I appreciate someone who stands out and stands up for what he believes in, because that's what I'm trying to do.

Though I'm not a huge fan of The Rock, I admit that I am a fan of the fact that he does his own thing. He gets excited on the mic. He yells. He didn't listen to what people told him to do, and people responded to that.

Of course, legends can call out whoever they want and do as they please, but they can't just show up and get handed matches.

Sting can call out whoever he wants; he's a legend in this business.