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" With what we were doing in ECW, the first thing you had to overcome was the fear of getting hurt. "

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" I can't even tell you how many 8, 9, 10 year old kids have come up to me and said, 'You are my favorite wrestler, and I've seen you on 'the network' or on YouTube.' "

" John Cena's name is already universal enough. Kudos to him for that. "

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" I gravitated to the pro wrestlers and the grappling - Hulk Hogan 'hulking up' always looked cornball to me - and I wanted to see Ric Flair, Ricky Steamboat, and Harley Race go move-for-move. "

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" To me, there are certain things you lay claim to proudly and others you hope the people look over them, and for me, the NWA title throwdown is something that I wear like a badge of honor and what we did and what it achieved for ECW at the time, and ultimately we failed, but damn, we came close to grabbing those keys to the kingdom. "

" Bam Bam Bigelow truly deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, and if that call would come, I'd be honored to do it, but I don't think it is going to come. I think there is a much greater likelihood that Vince would look elsewhere, but I am honored that the fans would want to consider that I should be the one to induct him. "

" For a company the size of ECW, there wasn't room for multiple over-the-top personalities. "

" I think Ric Flair has been tarnishing his legacy since 1990 - he has done more to tarnish his career then anything I could have said or did, then anybody could have said or did. "

" When I was a kid in the business, you always had in the back of your head this feeling that if I screw up, I might be fired. So you went out every night and tore your rear end up to make sure that you gave the best performance you can and learning constantly because you never had that idea of 'I'm so great, I'm never going to be fired.' "

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" I was so deep in red ink coming out of ECW that I had to make a good solid living just to get my nose above the water line because of ECW. "

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" A morality clause is a grey area that the powers that be say if it is immoral, than it's immoral, and you are getting fired. "

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" Vince McMahon could care less about the ECW legacy. "

" Your Bret Harts can lace my boots. "

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" Your Shawn Michaels can lose his smile, and he's so afraid of me, he comes out and hands me his belt. Spineless! "