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" I jumped to the WWE, and the perceived notion was I became more successful. I got to touch more people's lives and influence more people and perform in front of more people, and that was a great thing. "

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" I don't measure myself against my coaches, I don't measure myself against my teammates. If I'm doing jiu-jitsu for sport, I don't measure myself against the guy I'm rolling with or whatever belt he is or how many stripes he has on his belt. I measure myself every day against the guy I was yesterday. "

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Doing

Measure

" I'm somebody who constantly wants to challenge himself, evolve, and grow. Because if you don't, you fade. You become stagnant. "

" Contrary to popular belief, I do occasionally get to watch TNA, mostly on fast forward, but Bobby Roode is one of the guys... solid, solid guy. "

" Success is based on your perspective. "

" I think, fundamentally, the core of everything I do is punk rock. "

" When I stopped wrestling, I literally lay in bed for two weeks. "

" The day of my wedding, I got a FedEx in the mail. It was my termination papers. I was fired... on my wedding day. "

" I did not wake up one day and say, 'I wanna be famous.' I did not wake up and say, 'I wanna be a UFC fighter.' I woke up and said, 'I want to be successful at something I want to do. I want to fight.' "

" I don't get why people love to hate John Cena. But as long as he gets a reaction that's positive or negative, he's doing his job. "

" My life used to be governed by that. I would know what day it was because I would be at 'Monday Night Raw' or 'SmackDown' on Tuesday. "

" There's a lot of guys in pro wrestling that just kind of have this MMA fantasy, and they never act on it. I'm acting on it. I don't want to be one of those guys who sits there and goes, 'I could have done that or I should have done that.' "

" I think anything you do on your own, so to speak, I think, is worth more than something that is maybe looked upon as gifted to you or handed to you. "

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Worth

Think

" I was rich before I had any money. Being rich has nothing to do with anything monetary. "

" I think being angry is what keeps me motivated. "

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Angry

Motivated

" I do envision myself having kids one day, and I always wanted a little girl. "

" Greg Rucka's 'Lazarus' is amazing. "

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Amazing

" I have a Wii at home that I mainly play 'Punch-Out!' on. "

" No one wants to get beat up in front of the world. "

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Beat

Wants

" I'm certainly not a baby kissing, hand slapping, rah rah good guy. I definitely think there's more of an edge to my character. "

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Edge

Baby

" I know people who are wealthy and they're miserable. "

" I think you could split my fans up just like any other guy's fans. Some of them are cool, and some of them are obnoxious. But it's the variety that makes it great. "

" Fame is an apparition. Fame is a side effect of success. "

" I'm an excellent judge of character. I can tell people who want something from me or if they're actually buddies. "

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Character

Judge

" I'm never concerned about my beliefs hurting me in any way. I'd rather lose a job than have to lie. "

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Job

Lose

" I think, at some point in my wrestling career, I took myself way too seriously, and I took the wrestling business way too seriously. It probably helped sour me on the whole process. It probably helped burn me out. "

" There's only one thing people love more than their heroes, and that's stomping them into the ground. "

" Winning is different based on your perspective, just like success is different based on your perspective. "

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Perspective

Winning

" There are always going to be detractors who will say I don't look like I'll be able to hang with Brock Lesnar. But Brock's a freak of nature, and I don't know anybody who looks like they can 'hang' with Brock Lesnar. But anyone can be choked out in seven seconds. "

" I'm a goal-oriented person, and instead of focusing on the past, I'd rather focus on the future. "

" I hate teaming up with people. Absolutely hate it. "

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Hate

Absolutely