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

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" I'm a huge fan of anything Ed Brubaker does. A lot of his 'Daredevil' stuff. A lot of his creator-owned stuff, too. His 'Criminal stuff,' I'm really into. "

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

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

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

" The do-it-yourself lifestyle is something that I've translated into wrestling. "

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

" I set goals, and I like to reach them and accomplish new things. "

" 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. "

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

" When someone else is making money off of you and using your body, you need to step off the carousel. "

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

" Inside and outside of the ring, what you see is what you get. I'm CM Punk. I'm not trying to be something I'm not. I'm not trying to lie to the people or be fake. I'm not trying to be some crazy, outlandish character. "

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

" Sometimes things don't go your way, but you get up and keep going. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I like winning or losing, failing or succeeding on my own merit. "

" I think smartphones need to send an electrical shock to a user when they get their your/you're mixed up. "

" I'm not a money guy. "

" 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. "

" I don't smoke. I don't drink. I don't use drugs. That may be boring for some people, but that's just me. That's how I live my life. "

" Straight edge is everything about a personal decision to not live my life under the influence or not being aware. I pretty much don't like anything that alters my view of reality or my perception or my grasp. "

" 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. "

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

" I think the best fighters are the smart guys. They do what they are good at. They're smart about what they do. "

" Something I'm completely not open to is remaking movies. "

" 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'm the kind of guy that jumps at an opportunity. "

" Punk rock and straight edge will always be married together. As far as me integrating that with wrestling, I learned a lot from punk rock. "