I really have to accept the fact that I'm not a young man anymore, that I've probably taken one lifetime's worth of punishment already, and I really do need to be careful. Certainly I don't want other WWE superstars taking the shots I did. That makes me feel very uncomfortable when I see somebody get hit with an unprotected chair shot.

You really can't go wrong. There's no bad New York pizza, as far as I know.

I developed an interest in the history of the Negro leagues to the point where I visited the museum in Kansas City, Mo., twice and made the museum an integral part of my unheralded 2005 coming-of-age baseball novel, 'Scooter.'

By the time I got to WWE, I had a lot more confidence and willingness to speak up.

I like those really multidimensional characters like Dean Ambrose and Bray Wyatt.

Nakamura, to me, is a main event star.

I was told that the fact that I had nothing but good things to say about Judith Regan distinguished me. I enjoyed writing for Judith. I really enjoyed working with Victoria Wilson at Knopf, and Simon & Schuster, they've all been great experiences.

I did like Test, and he was a guy I kept in touch with for years after we stopped working together.

I'm not a dabbler.

Everything that you want Santa to be, he is.

I cannot look back and say I did everything I wanted to do in TNA.

Without knocking Impact Wrestling, your contribution was largely limited to what you could do in the TV show. WWE is a bigger company with a bigger infrastructure and a lot more ways to make a contribution.

If you're in my shoes, and your goal is to leave people with the biggest possible smile on their face, then doing the meet-and-greet afterwards makes sense.

I think you can always learn lessons by the guys who came before you.

Maybe I should have taken it easy on the smaller shows especially, but all in all, I have no regrets.

I think people who read Internet blogs are usually trying to fit it in during a busy part of their day, and there's only so much information that you digest. Whereas an experience with a book is a little more comfortable, and I think people are a little more willing to really delve into information.

I've actually met quite a few of my heroes from the past.

I think people know by now that I do my own writing.

I remember the first time I smelled B.O. was at a cross-country meet. But it wasn't unpleasant, in a strange way. That's what you got when you worked hard.

It's difficult to differentiate between a story that's humorous and clever and one that actually makes people laugh out loud.

I do some things just to entertain myself, and I figure that part of the audience will be entertained as well.

It's much easier to see my son involved in creative than to see my daughter in the ring. But they've both worked really hard. I'm really proud of both of them.

Be safe and be realistic. They're both equally important.

I love, for example, 'Full Frontal with Sam Bee.' I just love her show.

There was a time when Vader and I had a main event Pay-Per-View match, back in 1993 at Halloween Havoc, and I firmly thought that it was going to be the biggest match of my career and that everything after would just be going downhill.

Everything's relative. I don't think any new pursuit will be as difficult as trying to break into wrestling 25 years ago.

One thing I was proud of when I did the college talks was that, although stories revolved around experiences that I had in wrestling, one did not need to be a wrestling fan to enjoy them.

I really enjoy Sarah Silverman's fearlessness.

I can still remember the first time I heard Tori Amos. It was the fall of 1993, and I was in the back of a colossal '79 Lincoln Coupe Mark V, embarking on some otherwise forgettable road trip somewhere in the Deep South.

The truth is, pro wrestling is such an incredibly vast, incredibly surreal world. There's no telling how many words could be written about the subject - especially when the subject involves WWE.

For me, announcing wasn't the ideal working condition.

I'd like to see Dolph Ziggler get involved in a really intense, personal feud that will bring out another side of his personality. Because the personality is there, and the wrestling is there, so I'd like someone to come along and bring out his ugly side.

I don't have much choice but to be a WWE fan in my house.

Political parties could learn a lot from pro wrestling, as we have our passionate base, too, but we don't necessarily gear our show around them.

A lot of my loyalty is to the wrestlers - the guys who put their heart and health on the line.

I wanted to be a baseball player, but I became fascinated with wrestling as a teenager.

I was given a chance to try announcing, and it was a job that, in the end, I did not care for very much.

I always felt like the wrestling business was better off with two viable mainstream promotions.

Probably better than anybody, I realized that I could have easily been one of those guys who was not seen as being a WWE-type guy.

I think what limited my role when I was WWE commissioner in 2000 was my reluctance to get back in the ring every now and then.

Bray Wyatt is one of the most captivating characters to come down the pike in ages.

I really enjoy watching the younger talent like The Shield rise up on the card and make a huge impact.

I leave my editor to put the periods and commas in.

I am a roller-coaster addict.

I remember being really hurt by a relative of a good friend of mine when I mentioned that someone was a great wrestler - she said, 'What do you mean? How can you be great at wrestling?' I stopped them and said, 'Do you think that what I do takes no talent whatsoever?' She realized how hurtful those words were.

The fans still want to see me, sweat pants and all.

My goal in wrestling was always to take people on a journey to get a reaction and make people feel like they had seen something special. Thankfully, I get reminded of that every day.