The nWo almost singlehandedly ruined the business as far as good guys, bad guys, cowboys, and Indians.

People don't want to see Hulk Hogan as the bad guy. Hulk Hogan is the ultimate good guy.

Kevin Nash came to me; he goes, 'Book, hey, Book, man, you know, this nWo thing is getting real hot, bro. And, man, we need some color, man.' I swear to God, that's how he said it! 'We need some color, bro.' He goes, 'We want to bring you in.' I go, 'Man, thanks, but no thanks. No way.' I said, 'I'm a solo act, man.'

Everyone deserves a second chance. That's just the way I am.

I talk about Hulk Hogan being in my corner back in the day... Back in the day, if it wasn't for Hulk Hogan, I don't know if Booker T and Stevie Ray would've gotten the push that we got.

I never had to deal with racism as a kid, by the grace of God somehow.

I didn't run into racism until I got into the wrestling business.

People see me smiling all the time... they see me pretty much happy all the time. I never carry a frown around.

Anything worth having is worth working really, really hard for.

I really do like seeing Bobby Lashley get the torch and exactly seeing what he can do with it.

I actually met Donald Trump and shook his hand and looked him in the eye, and it tells me a lot when you look a person in the eye. He's a man's man first and foremost; you know, you can't pretty much, you know, put him to the side and expect anything less than a good fight.

I know I'm not going to be working with the WWE forever. That's why I'm going to be the Mayor of the city of Houston, so I can move on to the next stage of my life.

A lot of those young folks look up to me in the city of Houston. I give hope and inspiration and try to change people's lives for the better in the city of Houston.

From the beginning of my career, when I first started on the independent circuit, when I went to Global Wrestling Federation in Dallas and then to WCW, all the way through it seems like titles have been around my waist for some reason, and I always give credit to the fans.

I make sure I'm smiling every day, I'm laughing every day, no matter how sore or achy I am or whatever.

Tell your kids you love them as much as you possibly can, because you're not promised one second to the next.

My dream was to make it in life. I didn't know how it was going to be. My brother guided me toward a wrestling ring, and I gravitated to it very quickly. It seemed like deja vu for me, and I said, 'Wow, I think this might be it.'

After I've sat back and looked at my body of work, thought about it, I go, 'Wow, I guess I am a Hall of Famer.'

I don't think it's up to you to say you belong in The Hall of Fame. That's up to someone else.

Actually, a person asked me if I was ever going to come back to WWE. I told them that if I came back, it probably wouldn't be as WWE Superstar, because the young guys are really what it's all about. Bringing me back as an announcer is a great position for me to actually go out and make the young guys bigger stars.

People really don't understand how hard it is and what it takes to be a WWE Superstar.

I trained with a guy by the name of Scott Casey. He actually worked with WWE back in the day, but he didn't become a big star. What I want to teach is what he taught me: that the smallest things are what people are really looking for.

A guy who I always said was my favorite wrestler is Rey Mysterio.

I do not see Dean Ambrose leaving WWE to go somewhere else.

When I left WWE, TNA offered me a deal. It was a sweet deal: ya sit at home the majority of the year. Just show up every now and then and make some money. That was a sweet deal for me; that was like a vacation.

This can be the best job in the world, being a WWE superstar, but it can be the hardest job in the world at the same time.

I never said that I was retired. I never said that I was never gonna put the boots on ever again.

People ask me, 'Man, are we gonna see one more match?' And I've always said, 'Hey, never say never, because you never know what you're gonna do.'

Pro wrestling is a different animal than pro football and pro soccer. There is going to be a lot of money going out before the bulk of the money can come back in.

Pro wrestling is entertainment, but people get hurt all of the time.

Of course I've always wanted to make a decent pay like everybody else.

Unions are something wrestlers have been talking about for many years. We would probably wish there was a union, but you have to understand wrestling is not a regulated sport.

I love what I'm seeing out there with Pro Wrestling Syndicate, Northeast Wrestling, Big Time Wrestling, and WildKat in New Orleans. There is a lot of good stuff out there.

I consider myself an official scout for not just WWE, but the Reality of Wrestling.

You can become a star overnight, guys. You can be on the street walking one day, and you're on your way to the corner diner, and you had to hitch a ride to get there. And the next day, you can be a huge star, money coming at you from right and left. And you've got to know how to handle that situation.

We, as a people, we gotta know when it's time to speak up and when it's time to shut up.

Me personally, I know I've made mistakes.

I really think, Charlotte Flair, come on, her legacy is going to be cemented throughout the years. That's just a given!

There's a very thin line between rock and funk. Funk is like a dirtier blues, and so is rock. They're close cousins.

In Chile, they had penas, where the community would come together to sing and plan how they were going to overthrow the government. There's a real hopefulness in that community style of organizing.

A record is a commodity, but so is a hamburger. Just because I work at McDonald's doesn't mean I reap the benefits of that commodity. That's the reality with most artists in the record industry: They're getting paid a subsistence wage so they can keep producing a commodity for the record label.

I want to fight the McCarthyist state that's developing in this country so my kids won't live in a world where people are afraid to speak out.

I've gotten stopped for reckless eyeballing, for staring too hard. These officers think they're Tarzan and this is a jungle, that all the animals need to be tamed.

One time, someone came up to me and said, 'I know so-and-so. They're a professor at Harvard. They're a big fan of your work.' But that doesn't impress me more than any other people feeling that way.

I don't need to be validated by academia, because that presupposes that academia is a pure endeavor and not guided by market forces, which is not the case.

The Occupy Wall Street movement, in general, by putting this idea out there that the one percent is leeching off the 99 percent, is making a new discussion, making people figure out how to withhold their labor and come and put their issues on the table with the ruling class all over the country and all over the world.

The point is, is that when you elect a politician, it has nothing to do with their personality. Politicians perform a function, a role in government. And the role of city government is not one that serves the people, unless the people make them do what the people want.

Many people feel that unions aren't militant enough for them and don't do anything.

People want something that's relevant to their lives. They want something that means something to them, and they want something where it seems like people have thought about what they're saying.

The United States is going to keep on with its imperialist ways.