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" 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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" What I do on international flights is watch crappy, sappy love movies... Sometimes they're so bad, it's laughable. It kills time. "

" I've kind of gotten mad over the years, reading different Punisher stories and seeing multiple Punisher movies. Nobody gets the character right. "

" I can be hard on myself, and I can get down on myself. "

" The only thing I've ever bought with the money I've made is my house. "

" I think the good ones, the interviews and the promos people remember, those are improv. "

" I have a special place in my heart for the Straight Edge Society. Never reached its full potential. "

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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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I wouldn't expect anybody to look for superawesome crisp technique out of me. "

" There was a long time in my professional life that I was not happy, and there was nothing anyone else could have done to make me happy. There was a big stretch where I was very sick, and I was very hurt. Those charged with taking care of my health and well-being weren't very good at their jobs. Or maybe they were too good at their jobs. "

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

" I don't believe you have to be blood to be family, so I have a lot of family members. "

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

" Passive-aggressive is the worst thing in the world to me! "

" Obviously, I carved out a pretty successful path and career for myself. But I'm kind of fascinated with, for lack of a better term, Renaissance men. And women. People who do a lot of different things. "

" Of course I'm happy with my time in professional wrestling. I met some great people, I met my wife, and I wouldn't trade it for the world. "

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

" On fight night, you show up. And the question becomes, 'Did you or did you not do the work that is going to prepare you for what is about to occur?' And I just think that's a beautiful thing. "