I don't smoke. I don't drink. I don't use drugs. That may be boring for some people, but that's just me. That's how I live my life.
CM Punk
Sometimes things don't go your way, but you get up and keep going.
I'm somebody who constantly wants to challenge himself, evolve, and grow. Because if you don't, you fade. You become stagnant.
There's a lot of guys in pro wrestling that just kind of have this MMA fantasy, and they never act on it. I'm acting on it. I don't want to be one of those guys who sits there and goes, 'I could have done that or I should have done that.'
I don't mind getting punched in the face. It kind of wakes me up and gets me excited.
I'm going to be that gnarly guy that gets in somebody's face and makes it ugly. I'm a bit of a grinder.
Straight edge is everything about a personal decision to not live my life under the influence or not being aware. I pretty much don't like anything that alters my view of reality or my perception or my grasp.
Everything I say, it comes from the heart. It's all real.
I did not wake up one day and say, 'I wanna be famous.' I did not wake up and say, 'I wanna be a UFC fighter.' I woke up and said, 'I want to be successful at something I want to do. I want to fight.'
Everybody knows how to throw a punch. Not correctly - he or she might not know how to turn the wrist or know what part of the hand to hit with. But humans instinctively know to fight, whether they bite or claw or pull hair. It's an instinct.
Doing the same old thing every day, week in and week out, it gets boring. I'm all about new challenges, new opponents.
I'm a polarizing person, so people get caught up in hoping I fail. And just like success, failure is a perspective.
Passive-aggressive is the worst thing in the world to me!
Winning is different based on your perspective, just like success is different based on your perspective.
I'm an excellent judge of character. I can tell people who want something from me or if they're actually buddies.
I wouldn't expect anybody to look for superawesome crisp technique out of me.
I get in my own head, and at the end of the day, I'm my biggest critic, and I'm my worst enemy, too.
I'm never concerned about my beliefs hurting me in any way. I'd rather lose a job than have to lie.
There are always going to be detractors who will say I don't look like I'll be able to hang with Brock Lesnar. But Brock's a freak of nature, and I don't know anybody who looks like they can 'hang' with Brock Lesnar. But anyone can be choked out in seven seconds.
When I stopped wrestling, I literally lay in bed for two weeks.
I think smartphones need to send an electrical shock to a user when they get their your/you're mixed up.
I'm somebody who tries to remain positive and looks forward to setting goals and reaching them. But that's easier said than done.
I'm a huge fan of anything Ed Brubaker does. A lot of his 'Daredevil' stuff. A lot of his creator-owned stuff, too. His 'Criminal stuff,' I'm really into.
The day of my wedding, I got a FedEx in the mail. It was my termination papers. I was fired... on my wedding day.
I don't measure myself against my coaches, I don't measure myself against my teammates. If I'm doing jiu-jitsu for sport, I don't measure myself against the guy I'm rolling with or whatever belt he is or how many stripes he has on his belt. I measure myself every day against the guy I was yesterday.
I know people who are wealthy and they're miserable.
WWE doesn't do anything to protect the wrestlers; they do things to protect themselves.
I've kind of gotten mad over the years, reading different Punisher stories and seeing multiple Punisher movies. Nobody gets the character right.
I'm always amazed that people are shocked when their despicable action causes an equally despicable reaction.
Punk rock and straight edge will always be married together. As far as me integrating that with wrestling, I learned a lot from punk rock.
I was rich before I had any money. Being rich has nothing to do with anything monetary.
I've shattered every negative stereotype people had about me.
To me, Punisher is pretty black and white. He's very simple, and at the same time, he's very complex. I don't know why I think I understand the guy, but I feel I do.
Being out there in a high-pressure situation with a live audience and a live TV camera on you, it brings something out.
The Shield was my idea.
I think everybody is always selling me short, and then I always prove them wrong.
I do envision myself having kids one day, and I always wanted a little girl.
One of my best friends in the world is Lars Frederiksen. He plays guitar for a band called Rancid.
Black cats cross my path all the time. I'll break a mirror. I have no regard for superstition.
I remember always loving the bad guy Shawn Michaels. Everyone else always hated when he played the bad guy, but there was just something about that character I connected with.
I don't think marriage is in the cards for me. I think it's an archaic institution.
I've been a fan of Bob Odenkirk since he was on HBO originally with 'Mr. Show.'
I have a Wii at home that I mainly play 'Punch-Out!' on.
What I do on international flights is watch crappy, sappy love movies... Sometimes they're so bad, it's laughable. It kills time.
Any praise goes to my coaches and my teammates. I have the easy part of waking up and going to the gym. They're the ones that have to break my bad habits and teach me new things. They're literally my everything. In my personal life, it's my wife, and in my professional life, it's my coaches and my teammates.
In pro wrestling, it's fake. People always get offended by that word. 'No, we like to say it's pre-determined.' For whatever reason, people get angry at 'fake'; 'pre-determined' eases the blow? It's fake. At the end of the day, it doesn't really mean anything.
Of course I'm happy with my time in professional wrestling. I met some great people, I met my wife, and I wouldn't trade it for the world.
The do-it-yourself lifestyle is something that I've translated into wrestling.
I think you could split my fans up just like any other guy's fans. Some of them are cool, and some of them are obnoxious. But it's the variety that makes it great.
I believe you only have one chance on this earth, and I'm just trying to live my life and do what makes me happy.
