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" Getting the approval of Ric Flair is the wrestling world's version of Johnny Carson calling you over to the desk after you just crushed a standup set on 'The Tonight Show.' "

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" I do circuit training - different workouts without stopping. I like having that stamina, where I've never been too tired to put on a match or go above and beyond. "

Dolph Ziggler

Beyond

" I'm someone who loses 80 to 90 percent of the time. Even when I lost, I put my body on the line and I told the best story. If I stood out, if my attitude towards fighting was different, I found a way to stay around and keep revamping myself and my character. "

" 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. "

Dolph Ziggler

Great

People

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

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

" 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've made it clear - I'm not patient at all - several times. "

" I hit an exercise - arms and legs, a set of curls, a set of tricep pushdowns, and then grab the bar and squat 40-20-30 and do it over again. I hit that a couple times through, then go in the sauna. I'll do a couple calf raises, then hop on a treadmill at 15 - the highest incline it can have while maintaining a fast-paced walk. "

" Theoretically, the road to WrestleMania is like an election year. The Royal Rumble usually has 30 people in it, which narrows down to 4 and then finally two. Only one of them can go on to the main event. "

" 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. "

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

" I study entertainment and apply it to myself to one day become the greatest WWE superstar we have, and it's a lot of work. So I write jokes and material every day... you have to keep people's attention, one way or another. "

" I'm constantly unsatisfied with any situation, which is both good and bad, because never being fully happy drives me to better every day... but I don't enjoy the things that I do even when I do them great. "

" I go out there to steal the show every night. "

Dolph Ziggler

Night

Every

" I'm a huge Jon Lovitz fan. "

" 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. "

Dolph Ziggler

Awesome

Cool

" I dare you to put me in a back alley with Randy Orton or someone like that. I guarantee I'm not afraid of someone taller. "

Dolph Ziggler

Someone

Alley

" When people are funny, I like to let them know that they're funny. There's so much negativity, it's cool to get some positivity out there. "

" Little kids who get picked on and bullied can relate to the Lucha Dragons, who are smaller, but they're quick and exciting and never give up. "

" For the most part, and even with Miz, the WWE superstars are so good to the fans and everything they do. "

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

" The thing is, in the WWE, we have the WWE title, the World title, the United States title, the Intercontinental title, the Divas title, the Tag Team titles. And I feel like, in this business, when Mr. Perfect had that Intercontinental title, that was the belt we saw as the stepping stone to becoming 'the man.' The franchise of the WWE. "

" 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. "

" I do have a personal life. I spend half of the week at home. One of those nights, I'll go out with some friends and have a good time. I have a day and a half at home, and love to just sit on my backyard by my pool, read a book, or do some writing. That's my vacation. "

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

Dolph Ziggler

Legend

Call

" You want to be an NXT fan. "

" I've always wanted to be the best at every aspect of the business. Not just someone who does great moves or high flying moves but every aspect and can take control of every match in case something goes wrong. "

" 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. "

Dolph Ziggler

Simple

Reason

" I want to know why people are getting laughs. Why this joke works and why that one didn't work. It all comes back to helping me be a better WWE Superstar. So I love it. "

Dolph Ziggler

Work

People

" I was a huge fan of Jon Lovitz, Dana Carvey, Jan Hooks, obviously Phil Hartman, and a very young Adam Sandler. "