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" I can't wrestle a match without getting my ankles taped because they feel like they'll shatter on me. "

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" Sting was one of my first and biggest influences. One night in North Carolina, when I reached out and touched his shoulder, he had the face paint on, and I didn't know why, but I loved it. I wanted to be just like him, and I was only 11 years old. "

" Ric Flair, The Freebirds, and The Rockers were great influences in my decision to become a wrestler. "

" I compliment people when I see something I really like and tell them, 'That was good. Keep doing what you're doing.' That's as much as advice as you will get out of me. "

" I look at tattoos as a commitment to life. "

" When I was a kid, I wrestled my high school amateur wrestling in junior year. "

" I'll do anything. That has proven problematic - you may remember my broken leg in a dirt bike accident - but that is also the ingredient that has allowed me to elevate myself in pro wrestling. "

" I just want to go out there and have the best matches I possibly can. "

" Thank God for TNA: we've had the creative freedom to do what we want to do. "

" It's good to establish moves that fans are always going to recognize and scream for. "

" That's really important to me - creating moments that last forever. "

" I don't want to go back to WWE and burn out within four or five months, and having another run as TNA world champion would feel just as good. "

" I'm looking forward to having one of those moments that will be immortal. "

Looking Forward

" When you commit to a WWE contract, you're committing to some serious time away from home. "

" Being myself is what got me to where I am. "

" When I broke my leg on the dirt bike, fear got the best of me that day. I hesitated. I didn't hit it as fast as I could have, and I came up short. It was the first time in my life I couldn't get back up. "

" If Meekmahan ever came to the Hardy compound, I would tell Meekmahan, face-to-face, 'You'll fade away and classify yourself as obsolete! Obsolete!' "

" Early, when I first started wrestling, I wanted to be a combination of Sting and the Ultimate Warrior: The Ultimate Warrior's craziness and weird personality and Sting's coolness and the way he carried himself to the ring. But then later on, when it came to physicality and athleticism, Shawn Michaels topped the cake. "

" People ask me how I am so fearless on a ladder and how I have no fear in the ring. And the answer to that question is a bit complicated. I used to have no fear, but that is no longer true. With a wife and two girls at home, I'm more afraid now than ever. "

" Once I established myself doing crazy things and being extreme, people want to see it all the time. "

" I've learned that I can still be loved if I perform well, and I learned that from the broken brilliance of Matt Hardy. "

" I never view myself as a leader. "

" I really hate my hair when it's not braided because it's so big when it dries. When it's wet, it looks cool, but when it dries, it gets all in my mouth during a match, and I hate it. "

" The roots that weave up my right arm and onto my neck are my way of connecting with the earth: the earth's roots carry water like a human's veins carry blood. "

" I'm still a fan at heart. "