I enjoy every second I get in the ring. But there's a bigger picture now and a much bigger purpose to everything, and it's to take care of my kids and my wife and make sure they have a good future.
Kevin Owens
I am not the typical WWE superstar.
My dad's father would take me to WWE shows when I was younger, and my other grandfather, my mom's dad, would watch wrestling with me at the house. They just really enjoyed it. Unfortunately, they both passed away before I signed with WWE.
I was actually a big Owen Hart fan, but I wasn't a Bret Hart fan at all growing up.
I've never been the sort of guy who wants to emulate this guy or that guy. I just try to forge my own path.
Thank God for FaceTime. I can't imagine wrestlers from the '80s being on the road all the time without cell phones and stuff like that.
I don't think anybody deserves anything than what they already have because I believe everyone gets what they deserve.
I've always found a way to stand out from the crowd.
I played hockey until I was 13 or 14 years old.
No matter how much wrestling you have watched in your life, you know how big Wrestlemania and how momentous it is. My sister-in-law and her boyfriend aren't die hard WWE fans, but they are fans of Wrestlemania just because of how huge the event is.
Cockroaches can't survive me, and neither can Dean Ambrose.
I remember sitting in the stands at WrestleMania 30 thinking, 'I have to be a part of this one day.'
I'm a 'no frills' kind of guy.
There are some cities that you go to that bring something out of you. Toronto is one of them.
I have interest in competing in every big event like Money in the Bank or Elimination Chamber or SummerSlam or whatever it is. I want to be part of those shows, I want to be part of that product; that's where I want to be.
Jim Cornette and I have never really seen eye-to-eye.
I like having titles. I feel like when I walk out and I don't have a title, it's strange. Even in the independent scene before I got to WWE, I was a champion in most of the companies I wrestled for. Being a champion is just what I do.
After a couple of years, in 2010, Ring Of Honor went through a shift in management, and the people that came in and took over kind of decided that they wanted to push me out. They weren't fans.
Sami Zayn and I have had a long history. Same goes for Adrian Neville. I might not get the chance to work with them now, but Seth Rollins, Cesaro and Daniel Bryan, all those guys, we all spent a lot of time together wrestling all over the place.
My son's a big John Cena fan and obviously a big fan of mine who is very proud of everything I'm accomplishing.
The Hell in a Cell match that always sticks in my mind is the original Michaels versus Undertaker match. It was really something. The bout itself was so good, while Kane's debut made it even more memorable. That takes the cake in terms of Hell in a Cell matches.
I met Steve Austin at an airport in 2005, and he gave me the best piece of advice I could ever receive - to keep running my mouth and never stop talking! I took that advice to heart, and it has helped me get where I am today.
Someone like me who has been a fan of the WWE my whole life, to be a part of SummerSlam every year makes it even more special.
I wanted to become a wrestler because I saw a tape of Wrestlemania XI. I thought to myself I wanted to be a WWE superstar one day, and now here I am.
I will be driving on the road after a show at night, and it will hit me that I am a WWE superstar, and this is what I dreamed about, and I get to live it.
All I can say is that Triple H is literally the most dedicated man in sports entertainment. Nobody works as hard as he does.
Owens may not be my real last name, but it's close as it gets, because it's my son's name, Owen. That's why I picked that name, and Kevin Owens is who I am. I can't stress that enough.
Being on Raw every Monday is obviously important, but the pay-per-views are the big shows: that's where everything comes to a head, and I want to be a part of those as often as possible.
I just know that I have this Universal championship, and I want to make it worth as much as possible, and that's what I'm focusing on.
I do whatever entertains me. If it entertains me to throw flowers halfway across the room, then that's what I'll do.
I know Jim Cornette says the reason that I'm successful now is because I changed my attitude, and I must be listening to what people tell me now, and I used to not listen to him. But the thing is, I used to not listen to him or question his methods because I didn't agree with him, and I didn't share his vision.
I was a wrestling fan long enough, and once in a while, I would get bored. I'd be on board with a superstar and love what he'd do. Then eventually, I would get bored with him. I don't want people to think that way of me, so I'm doing everything I can to make sure it doesn't happen.
John Cena and Roman Reigns get insane reactions where half the crowd loves them and half the crowd despises them. When you're in the ring waiting for your opponent, whether it's John or Roman, you get hit by this crazy noise.
I don't know how well it can go when you get thrown off a 20-foot ladder.
You can't choose who your brother is. You're born, and whoever is in your family is your family. That's your blood. That's the way it is.
The first time I was in the ring, I wasn't good at it, and I honestly thought, 'Maybe this isn't for me.' Then I went back the next day and the next day and the next day... because I loved it more than anything.
Honestly, to me, the WWE championship and the Universal championship are the same thing. They're the top championships on the respective brands.
My parents could have told me, when I was 12 years old and telling them I wanted to be a wrestler, that it was silly and to be serious and find something more secure and safe, but they didn't. They pushed me as hard as they could.
Great matches are necessary, and everybody loves to watch a great match.
Whenever WWE is in town, it's a great time, but Live Events are special. If you've never been to one, I highly recommend it.
I'm well aware that no matter how big of a jerk I am, some people will cheer me, and no matter what I do, some people will boo me, and that's fine. I just need to elicit emotion. That's all I care about.
Chris Jericho was always someone I looked up to. I was a WWE fan growing up, and I remember his debut.
Everybody at the Performance Center is trying to help you in their own way, and they give you their opinion on what they think will work or what they think you should do.
I've wrestled in front of great crowds in Montreal, and I've wrestled absolutely terrible crowds where you're in front of, like, 200 people.
Sometimes you have chemistry with people that is undeniable, and it just works, and sometimes you have matches with someone you think you are going to have good chemistry with, and it just doesn't turn out that way.
I'll never forget fighting on top of a cell with Shane McMahon.
When I was 11 years old, I started watching WWE.
Shawn Michaels is the reason I wanted to be a wrestler.
When I signed with WWE and moved to Orlando, my wife and my two kids came with me.
I'm genuine, and I think people can see that when they watch.
