Safety is always paramount at WWE.

I was a big fan of Kurt Angle when I was growing up. Actually, his book is a big part of the reason that I work out so hard.

I used to live in Philly, so I was in Baltimore a lot wrestling before I got to WWE, wrestling for different promotions.

I still believe in old school values, I still believe in hard work, I still believe in wrestling, and people have showed that's what they want to see.

I let my actions do the talking, and that might take a little bit longer for people to see.

To me, I don't like to look back; I just like to look forward.

I'm the first one to always criticize myself, and I'm trying to find ways to get better.

I can beat anybody on any given day, and I don't compromise.

When I started, I learned the European style because that's what I wrestled the most.

If you look at the Intercontinental Champion, historically, that has always belonged to the best of the best in-ring talent, the best wrestler, whatever you want to call it, that came out night after night, produced night after night - and that will be me.

I don't mind listening to some yodel music. I don't think I'm particularly good at it, but that's the point, I guess.

Wrestling is about evolving, and you always want to evolve and develop yourself.

I'm extremely competitive, extremely ambitious, and always looking for ways to improve and move up, to do things better.

As long as you work hard, good things will come. I firmly believe that.

Being a single has different challenges, and being a tag team has different challenges. I welcome them both.

I was always a very athletic kid, and I always played as many sports as possible and always tried to do new things.

If I had to name a few, I would say people like Sheamus, Kevin Owens, and John Cena are all great guys to be in the ring with.

You can't just copy someone. There are so many different styles that you can just kind of pick and choose whatever it is you'd like to do.

I care nothing about American football.

I just want to do as good as I can. What that is, I don't know.

I didn't come over with a comfy sponsor that took care of my visa and paid me a good amount of money right away. I came over here with nothing, the little bit of money that I had saved up, and it was struggle and plight to get some recognition and then finally make it to the WWE.

I was trained to be more technical in Europe because that's the audience. They enjoy a more technical style.

My style is different from everybody else's because I've traveled so much and wrestled in so many places. I took something from everywhere I went, and I think that WWE's most accomplished superstars have also done that in the past.

I'm not just cookie-cutter. You always see something different.

If the audience likes and appreciates a move, it gives the wrestlers in a ring a little bit of extra energy, and you can always use that.

I was told I have to work 10 years to get a doctorate. Well, I have worked all that time to become a doctor in professional wrestling. So to speak, I have a Ph.D. in professional wrestling.

The Hardys have such a huge following.

I am not that big of a fantasy person. I prefer myself to think of living in the real world.

I'm a really big fan of the history of wrestling.

The moment I found out I was teaming with Sheamus was the moment the fans did.

Sheamus and I did have a rivalry and then became a team, and we went from being work acquaintances to becoming best friends.

I always have to prove people wrong, and I'll continue exactly that.

'SmackDown,' I feel, has more excitement than 'Raw,' even though 'Raw' is always branded as the flagship show.

If you're teaming with someone like Sheamus, it's obviously a lot of fun.

In my opinion, tag team wrestling is absolutely fantastic. It's very exciting, and I just wish it would be given a bigger chance and platform, especially at 'SmackDown.'

You have to be extremely fit. It is a professional sport. We have five shows a week. In 2014, I had 220 matches; in 2015, I was on the way to a similar amount before I got hurt. It is a full-time lifestyle. It is very demanding.

UFC, definitely not - I do not think that is a fit for me. I am looking forward to seeing CM Punk's UFC debut, and I hope he does really well. But it is not something that I want to do.

There are many Superstars - past and present - I would love to get in the Swing.

You shouldn't say things on social media that you wouldn't say to someone's face.

I learned a lot from Paul Heyman, and I thought we had a great time. I've now gone out on my own, but he is somebody whose advice I trust.

To some people, being in the business only starts when you're in the WWE. So I guess for those people, I'm kind of an overnight sensation.

To me, it's not all about how much weight you can lift in the weight room. It's how you can manipulate weight in the ring.

In the ring, I'm probably the strongest WWE superstar.