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

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" I'm a polarizing person, so people get caught up in hoping I fail. And just like success, failure is a perspective. "

" I'm not a money guy. "

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

" Any praise goes to my coaches and my teammates. I have the easy part of waking up and going to the gym. They're the ones that have to break my bad habits and teach me new things. They're literally my everything. In my personal life, it's my wife, and in my professional life, it's my coaches and my teammates. "

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

" 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 remember always loving the bad guy Shawn Michaels. Everyone else always hated when he played the bad guy, but there was just something about that character I connected with. "

" When I started wrestling, I never wanted to go to WWE. It was the Japanese life for me. "

" The Shield was my idea. "

" There's such a wide demographic who watches the WWE. And everybody's into something different. "

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

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

" One of my best friends in the world is Lars Frederiksen. He plays guitar for a band called Rancid. "

" I grew up a wrestling fan, so to be doing what my 'heroes' were doing when I was a kid, it's fun. I have fun out there. "

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

" I'm always amazed that people are shocked when their despicable action causes an equally despicable reaction. "

" To me, Punisher is pretty black and white. He's very simple, and at the same time, he's very complex. I don't know why I think I understand the guy, but I feel I do. "

Black And White

" I've done things, sometimes foolishly misguided, because I wanted to give back to the fans. "

" 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. "

" I think everybody is always selling me short, and then I always prove them wrong. "

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

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

" I don't like having debts. I don't like buying anything that I can't buy in cash. "

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

" I don't mind getting punched in the face. It kind of wakes me up and gets me excited. "

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

" I think what's captivating about me on the microphone is my honesty. "