Eventually, you've got to go from being a talent to being a guy that makes talent.

If I am in it, I want to win it. I am not here to look pretty.

I'm a firm believer in not leaving people out to dry.

Our fans - they wanna see you, so give the fans what they want.

Kids - young men find it uncool to be a dad, I think. It's very cool to me... I love being at home with my kids.

The Attitude Era was something special.

I challenge anybody to go through their career and not have a failure as a talent.

If you're going to lose to somebody, losing to a guy like Brock Lesnar is not something that people will laugh at. Brock is arguably one of the top ten fighters on Earth.

I like structure, and I like discipline and people doing the right thing.

Back in the old days, guys used to wreck hotel rooms and trash rental cars and all that dumb stuff. When I came into wrestling, they were like, 'We're out of cars. You're one of those wrestlers. No, we're not renting a car to you.' It was like that. We had to re-create, re-establish the trust.

I want to go out in dramatic fashion. Win, lose, or draw, I want to have a retirement match, and a lot of guys have done it.

I like to play around a lot. I would always flirt with the girls in the office and everybody just hanging around, sweet talk.

Damien Sandow, he's a good entertainer. He keeps your attention.

I'm kind of glib.

Me and Sheamus have a natural chemistry.

Oh, man. I think if anybody deserves to be inducted into the Hall of Pain, it's Donald Trump.

When I do retire, you won't see me in the ring, but I will be working in the back with the young guys.

When my mother bought me my first concrete weight set when I was 10, I was hooked. I was doing stuff with the weights that a kid shouldn't have been doing.

I may be one of the very few people on earth that have won a championship in everything they've ever done.

I'm a Christian, and I forgive people. That's the mature thing to do.

I hate drugs. I drank a beer once and threw up.

I didn't know my own strength. I wasn't a bully or anything, but I'd be out playing and end up hurting someone. So I had to sit out or play with older kids.

If you have a great woman, you don't need family and friends.

I guess I'm a romantic. Call me rough and romantic. Girls like that.

I had to decide whether I should try to play pro football after high school or try to pursue my powerlifting career.

When somebody says I can't do something, it motivates me to do it.

I will be the most marketable of anybody to come through weightlifting ever. With my personality and my size, I mean, I can make people buy things, try what I say.

The Rock moved in with me at my apartment, and we trained together after that.

I'm blessed to be able to say that at every juncture in my career, I succeeded.

I don't want to be the second-strongest man in the United States or the second-strongest man in the world. They don't get much attention. I definitely want to be No. 1.

Small? Nah, I never want to be small. Big people usually push small people around. Why would I want to be small?

If it's dead, I'll eat it. If it's alive, I'll eat it, too. Jus put it in front of me and get out of the way.

If you want to be the champ, you've got to beat the champ.

I was in jail a couple of times, and I was probably heading back there for a long time. But martial arts saved my life and some of the choices I made with it.

Home was never a safe place for me. I felt safer on the streets.

Cheating is nothing to be proud of.

I don't want to be remembered as just some tough guy who could take punches.

A few months before my dad died, his eyes had started to go, and his skin was turning green. When he finally went to hospital, he was diagnosed with late-stage pancreatic cancer. None of us kids knew why the old man ignored the doctors and refused their help, but none of us were surprised, either.

Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have.

I'm always going to say I'm going to knock someone out.

I couldn't believe that talk about Jon Jones fighting Lesnar - that would have zero legitimacy. In society, we punish people that do bad things. Why isn't it the same in fighting?

I don't feel pain like most people.

I always remember my dad's blue overalls and the blue overcoat he wore in winter, and I remember my mum's big old Afro. Sometimes, though, in my memories, smudges have replaced their faces.

I've had a pretty chequered past, you know, as a kid, as a troubled kid.

At the end of the day, that's just boxing - it's a different sport altogether. But when I finish fighting for the UFC, there are so many different options I have. Boxing is another option I could take.

I don't turn down fights unless I'm injured. Never have. So it's a part of my makeup.

Normally, a loss, it's hard to swallow, but you get over it sooner or later.

There was a lot of pride, being one of the elite fighters in the world, in the best promotion in the world. That's what I was proud of. To be called a UFC fighter, that was important.

All the guys at this top level, they're pretty much dangerous all over the place. If you're not good all over the place, you'll be in a little bit of trouble. It's hard to swim at the top end if you're only good at one thing.

I was a cheap criminal; I did many, many wrongs. I admit that. Of course, if I could tell each person I'm sorry, I would.