I wasn't a Superman guy - I didn't like the invincible superhero who always wins. Who can get behind someone like that?

I really enjoyed working with Rey Mysterio when we were up against Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit and The Guerreros.

A guy like Bray Wyatt, he could easily have played something in 'True Detective.'

I had no aspirations after wrestling. I truly just assumed I would retire, grow a big beard, sit on my deck, and figure out what was next. If it was nothing, I was OK with that.

With WWE, it's a massive machine, and you will air in 120 countries and have action figures and towels.

When I was growing up, I had three channels, and I didn't know what happened in the Philippines instantly if it happened. Now you can be on the Internet and find out what's going on in Zimbabwe. It's changed.

Wrestling is just a different beast. There is no off-season in WWE. It's week in and week out.

One of the only things that bothered me with WWE and being on every week was blowing off so many great storylines so fast, just out of necessity.

I'm sure I'll get lambasted for this, but I don't get the Asuka thing. Like, I really don't. She's fine, and she's solid, but I don't know. Even going back to the NXT stuff, I've watched it. I don't know. I just never really bought in.

I can't physically put someone over, but I can feel very confident in my ability to tell a story through a promo.

I never had concussion issues. What I have is cervical spinal stenosis.

From a backstage perspective, one of the things I always tried to do in wrestling was maintain that I was Adam. Edge was a character.

There are elements of myself in every character I do, just because you take from your real life experiences and sprinkle those into your character.

I am the man that everyone is compared to in this business.

When I was a kid, I said this is what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a wrestler.

For me, body art is all about expression; it's a lifestyle and can serve as a reminder that when my career is done, I'll have a story to tell on my body. And it will be my story of my life on my body.

Every tattoo on my body symbolizes a phase in my career.

I am an entertainment juggernaut.

I'm the Rated-R Superstar. I do what I want when I want.

Obviously, being WWE Champion was my main goal in life, but when I started acting, the main thing I wanted to do was play a superhero or supervillain.

The Rated-R Superstar was usually a vile and horrible human being who had some moments of being a good guy.

In Canada, it's beer, hockey, and then everything else.

I did what I always wanted to do. Wrestling. - conquered that. Can't physically do it anymore. So now what? Maybe I'll paint. Maybe I'll write another book. Yeah, I'll try this acting thing and now actually concentrate on it and try and get better at it and take classes and get coaching and give it a shot.

I had a long career that started when I was 17. I wrestled for 20 years, so people forget how long I actually wrestled for.

I wrestled my guys growing up. I've wrestled with Hulk Hogan. I've wrestled against Shawn Michaels. I've wrestled against Ric Flair.

I think Ric Flair is a complete freak, and I mean that in a good way.

Saying goodbye to close ones is always the hardest.

For every striker, it's important to have some crosses. Sometimes they come, sometimes not.

Everyone expects goals, and I want to score them, but most of all, I want to contribute to a successful team.

My motto has always been, 'Never give up.'

Of course, there is no greater honour than to captain your own country.

I try to do my best in every game to help the team.

I will continue to be a big fan of Manchester City, to whom I wish all the best and many more trophies and happiness in the future.

I think the No. 9 will always be in football. You need the proper No. 9s in football; that's my opinion.

I am not a player who stays on the edge of the box and waits for a chance.

I want to do more and more; it provides me with an incentive.

If we start the season with negative thinking, we'd never win anything.

Of course we all dream about doing big, playing for big clubs, but I wanted to play football because of the love for the game.

War made my everyday problems seem much smaller, and when it is hard sometimes, I just remember that it could be much worse.

I cannot hide being sorry for failing to move to Juventus.

I'm not interested in money.

If you win, you must be a good team.

I have spent some of the best moments of my career at Manchester City, moments that I will never forget.

When you score in the first minutes, everything changes.

I never played any games like this in Germany, not when you have to fight for 90 minutes. But if I want to be successful in England, I have to get used to it.

I think, for every player, it is important he knows the manager believes in him, and it is important he has the confidence of the manager. That helps you to find the best form.

When you're a young boy, you don't think; you just go for it. When you have more experience, you have to play more with your head.

That was always special, playing Manchester United. I loved the feeling of the derby, that pressure, the atmosphere around it. And I did have some good matches there, didn't I?

I always try to do my best. Sometimes is that enough to get a good result, sometimes not, but I never give up, and I never will.

I never want to stop, and I want to try to be even better.