There is nothing more powerful in the world than the human spirit and the human will.
Big Show
Being able to give someone a hug from the heart, it's healing. It's healing for yourself and healing for others, and we need a lot of that.
Arn Anderson - I loved 'The Enforcer' Arn. He cut the best promos. He always looked cool because he had that Polo with the rope chain, the rose-colored glasses, and that mean beard.
I think it's a good trade to have to be versatile, to be adaptable, and be dependable, and that's one of the things that has enabled me to have the long career that I've had. It's definitely not because I'm good looking!
No man can knock me out. I've been hitting my head with steel chairs in the WWE. I've never been knocked out in my life. And nobody can knock me out.
Kane's gloves get pretty rank. He grabs you for a chokeslam, and you just want to faint.
I was trained by Terry Taylor and Triple H. Triple H always hated when I say that.
The Internet is filled with so-called experts who couldn't lace up a pair of boots.
I've never been one of those guys who wants to put up titles and championships and run around and brag.
When I walked down the ramp and stood in the ring, I made other big guys look small.
I got to meet Hulk Hogan. He took a liking to me because of my size. He saw that I was a good athlete and could move. He told me at the time, he says, 'You got a big dollar sign in your forehead, kid,' and I said, 'Well, please show it to me, because I'm broke.'
Brock Lesnar is a guy who doesn't do a lot of live events, doesn't do a lot of house shows, but every time he steps in the ring, it has a big-fight feel.
WWE is a team. Out of the billions of people on this planet, the 75-80 men and women on the roster have the opportunity to call themselves WWE superstars. That's a very small percentage of people. They are in a position to be thankful.
I have fun every day I go to work.
I have a PS2 and Xbox and a GameCube: that way, in case anything comes out that looks cool, I have the system to play it on. I got everything, bro, I ain't no rookie.
At 12, I was, like, 6-2. At 13, I was, like, 6-5 or 6-6. I had always stuck out as a bit of a freak, so athletics gave me a chance to make friends and, I guess, find my 'cool' vibe, if there's such a thing when you're in high school.
I start small. I'm kind to people. I say please, I say thank you, and I always try to be encouraging and positive.
Miami is always my favorite town to work because it's a short drive home.
I owe my start in professional wrestling to the red-headed kid from 'The Partridge Family.' I was discovered by Hulk Hogan, Jimmy Hart, and Ric Flair in Chicago when I was introduced to those three gentlemen by Danny Bonaduce.
I never thought I'd be good enough. I really didn't. There's probably some fans out there who say I'm still not good enough, and that's OK.
I think, for me, I really looked at nutrition, talked to some people who knew a lot about nutrition, looked at different meal plans... calorie intake and what I was trying to do. I started slowly. I didn't start as a 'diet.' I started as a lifestyle change.
Nobody beats Superman. Everybody else needs a costume - Superman needs a costume to be normal.
It's real easy to talk about stepping in the ring, but once you do actually step in the ring, it takes a lot of courage and mental fortitude to do what we do.
Not everybody is going to be John Cena. Not everybody is going to be The Rock. You need to be what you can be and contribute like you can.
One of the first media tours I did was with The Rock - no one knew who I was, as I had just come from WCW; they thought I was The Rock's bodyguard.
The Internet connection from the road can be spotty, so usually when I'm on the tour bus, I'm playing 'God of War.'
I was a big kid and a big athlete, but let's be honest: I don't know diddly about football.
Let's face it. My dad was a mechanic, and my mom was a cop: my college options in seventh grade didn't look that great. And the chance I got to go to college and experience college life is something that's pretty precious to me.
I wouldn't want to get Shaq's mom mad, I'll tell you that much. If she told me to do something, I would do it in a heartbeat. I wouldn't want her mad at me. That woman is serious.
I'm definitely looking to do more animation stuff.
I'm an emotional person. Anger and frustration comes out in many ways... I'm not afraid to hug my friends that I love, and I'm not afraid to express my emotions when I'm upset.
Being a WWE superstar is about giving, and I think there's a few guys who get that.
I have a self-deprecating sense of humor, so I knock myself.
I've had a blessed, blessed, fantastic career. I have no regrets whatsoever in my career.
The best match I've ever been in match-wise, I wrestled The Undertaker in France in a coliseum that was built in 300 A.D. by the Romans. It was the most amazing match I've ever been in.
So there are ups and downs, but the best is just the looks on people's faces when they meet me for the first time, because I am a real-life, walking, talking giant. It's not every day you see someone like me walking down the street.
You have to look in the mirror and really have an honest conversation with yourself and find the discipline to not eat things that don't agree with you.
I think competition is the best thing for everyone. Competition is what makes us evolve, from when we were itty bitty little tadpoles in prehistoric times to what we've turned into now. Competition makes us evolve and makes us push ourselves better.
I found a great trainer in Miami with Dodd Romero, who's worked with a lot of celebrities and athletes. We built a good program for me for training and for me to work on my nutrition and things like that.
Bam Bam Bigelow was an amazing athlete for his size.
The only way to get better is to wrestle better people and work with better guys; that's the only way to get better in our business.
There are a lot of projects I want to do with producing and acting outside of wrestling.
I've wrestled some of the strongest, most athletic guys this business has ever seen. Brock Lesnar, John Cena, Mark Henry, Kane. These guys are phenomenal, phenomenal athletes and powerhouses.
I do a lot of gaming.
People love storylines. They love them because at some point, the talent will get people emotionally invested.
I'm definitely saying right now that if I had to face Shaq's mom at WrestleMania, I will not show up. I'll be scared. If Shaq shows up, no problem. Shaq's mom shows up, eh, I don't know. I think I might get the flu.
I started out thinking I was going to play in the NBA; now I travel the world as a WWE Superstar. Life changes.
People always talk about my heel/face turns. One of the jokes in America is I've had more turns than NASCAR.
You've got to have a mean streak to be a successful, big man.
I had a conversation with John Cena, and I told him, 'If only I could be a giant with abs,' and he said, 'Maybe you could be a giant with abs.' That kind of got me thinking that maybe John was onto something, because when it comes to obviously being successful and marketable, John is one of the smartest people I've been around.
