I can say I know Linda McMahon quite well, yet they've only been brief encounters going all the way back to 1985 when I first worked for WWF/WWE. I started in 1984, but I don't recall meeting her until 1985. I can say this much: Linda McMahon has never changed. I think of few women in my lifetime that I respect more than her.

When you see Bret Hart versus Steve Austin, it just seemed so much more real than Hulk Hogan versus Sgt. Slaughter.

Hogan had the same match every night for years, and so did Warrior. They didn't tell great stories, to be honest.

If you look at wrestling when I started to get my big break back in 1992, I changed wrestling from the cartoons of Hulk Hogan and Iron Sheik and the matches with the leg drop and the hand behind the ear and the playing to the crowd. They were just cartoon characters if you ask me.

Eric Bischoff is a total, complete idiot, maybe the single stupidest idiot that ever got into wrestling.

Growing up in wrestling - and I have been involved in wrestling, really, my entire life - I learned right from the get-go that you never forget your fans. They are the ones that put your food on the table and pay your bills.

I take being a hero really seriously.

My dad was always genuine with the fans and said, 'You must appreciate every single one of them,' and I always did. I always tried to make time for every autograph or every picture. What's an autograph? It's the simplest thing in the world.

I always had a much softer approach to my interviews and promos. I was not so much that wrestler that was yelling at the screen; I was always the one that was talking to my fans.

I love going back to cities where I had a strong fan base - like San Antonio, Minneapolis - those were really good fan bases, like Iowa and Chicago.

Every year, I think you earn the right to eat cake on your birthday.

I'm living every day that it could be my last, and I'm grateful for every day.

I've always taken a lot of pride that people believed in me as a hero. I tried not to fail them in my life.

It's hard to explain, but it's a beautiful thing to watch in wrestling when someone loses in the exact perfect way.

I had so many wonderful guys that I worked with and great matches - that's what was most important to me - and the fans.

When I look back on everything, I'm really amazed by my career.

I got into wrestling to make some money, see the world, and meet girls.

You can't just think up a move in your head and go, 'Okay, I'll just pick somebody up, and I'm just going to throw them backwards into the post.' You have to think, 'Would you want someone to do the same thing to you?'

I hope Seth Rollins becomes the safest, best wrestler in the world. And I wish him all the luck in the world.

Cesaro is a guy who does a lot of unique stuff and is a great talent. He does a lot of strong-man stuff that is just impressive to watch.

A lot of people don't realize how severe a concussion injury is. You have to listen to the doctors. You have to be really careful about them.

I suffered a stroke in 2002 that made everything else in my life that happened to that point pale in comparison.

All the times they put tag titles on me, Intercontinental titles on me, or the world title on me, the only time I couldn't defend the title was when I had to forfeit the belt when I quit WCW and retired from wrestling forever.

I always took a lot of pride in being a safe wrestle. I never injured anyone.