I would say to the critics that they don't have a black belt in time management like I do.

I feel like being a professional wrestling has definitely made me a better MMA fighter.

We The People' is public domain, any American can use that.

In this world, I feel like we all need to be nicer to each other.

Let's come together, let the people stop fighting each other, but let them fight in the octagon.

Pro wrestling fans love surprises, so let's surprise them, and not just give them the old stuff.

Pro wrestling is all about staying fresh.

Once you're an amateur wrestler, you're always an amateur wrestler.

I relate everything to amateur wrestling, including the way I watch basketball and the way I watch football. My brain thinks as an amateur wrestler. That's who I am.

A lot of people want me to say negative things about WWE, but I'm very grateful for my career there.

I want to grow my brand and help wrestling continue to grow, too.

When I look in the mirror, I'm a husband and a father first.

Wrestling for wrestling fans is an honor.

I've always been a big fan of Hollywood.

I look like a winner, I smell like a winner, so why not put it on the big screen?

If you go back and look at WWE Magazine, they asked me when I was going to win my first world championship and I told them WrestleMania XXVI, so I was only a couple days off.

As far as the work in the ring, it's so much technique and spacing and timing, and that's what amateur wrestling is, too. So I felt like I learned very fast and a lot of things came naturally for me.

I really like Bellator and them as a company and how they are run. It's a popular place for fighters to go to.

To be able to change from being essentially a bad guy into a really hot babyface overnight is very hard to do.

To be successful in WWE, you have to love what you do. You have to want to steal the show every time you go out.

People want to see fighters who can put on a little show and then back it up. Hopefully I can do both of those things.

If you speak pro wrestling or MMA, you almost speak any language.

If I just keep my head down and I keep working hard, that's just what I do.

Your character has to be an extension of yourself, and you got to be comfortable in it. Otherwise, people are going to see right through it. They're going to see that you're acting or that you're playing wrestling.

People think I look like a P.E. teacher or the principal.

Some people work their entire lives to become a professional fighter and see certain guys with exposure or just a name, hop into the professional ranks. It can rub people the wrong way and have them very doubtful of your skills because they see first-hand the hard work and how many years it takes to master this.

If people want to compare me to Brock Lesnar - there's worse people to compare me to.

Big risk means big reward. I want that.

I want people to say that Jack Swagger/Jake Hager is a world champion in MMA and in pro wrestling.

You don't see a lot of fighters with no or little experience getting to be on the main card. I know that's an incredible honor, but at the same time, I know my worth, and I know my value.

You know, there's not a lot of guys who don't like Jack Swagger. It's a good problem to have.

Kofi Kingston has always been one of my favorite opponents to wrestle. He and I started back in McDonough, Georgia in 2006 in developmental at Deep South together. So, our careers have come along at the same time. He's incredible.

When you step in front of a camera, and everybody is going to have their hyped-up personality, everyone is going to have the character they are trying to play.

Really, my family is my strength and I realize that and I am leaning on it.

AEW loves what I'm doing with Bellator and Bellator loves what I'm doing with AEW.

I would love to fight Fedor Emelianenko in Russia, maybe we can make that happen.

I think 'We the People' is an example of why pro wrestling is so cool because it was a storyline that started out very political and very controversial and very nasty. It really evolved into a movement of the people, not just American people, but people everywhere.

Jumping into something new is always challenging with the schedule and the routine and when you can train, and fit that into your life that you already have right now.

Going through life is always scary doing something new, at the same time it is very exciting.

I believe competition makes everyone better.

I love being a dad.

I love being a family man.

WWE really likes to keep its fans on the edge of their seats and on their toes.

The more you boo me the better I'm going to wrestle. You don't like me? So what. It's a lot of fun to work like that and wrestle with that mindset.

I like to think of pro wrestling as an art, so we're artists.

I've been a competitor all my life.

Absolutely, it's awesome to be a pro wrestler.

Anyone that holds a championship you are on a list of a very few people that have had that special honor, and it is really incredible to say that no matter what you say about my wrestling career I was a World Heavyweight Champion and you can't take that away from me.

I was young; I signed with the WWE when I was 24. I was up on the main roster when I was 26 and 10 years later that is a lot of learning and a lot of growth.

It is cool to be a pro wrestler and that makes it so much better for us as pro wrestlers - who go out there and put our bodies on the line and give the fans the entertainment that they deserve.